linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2.6.12-rc2] PNP: export pnp_bus

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Date:	Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:05:02 +0100
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
Cc:	Adam Belay <abelay@...ell.com>, ambx1@....rr.com,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.12-rc2] PNP: export pnp_bus_type


> Hmm, then maybe it'd be worth updating that patch I just sent so that
> the only change is to switch #includes for the extern decl ... i.e. to
> "export" it only to other statically linked kernel code, rather than to
> modules.  I'll do that.
> 
> My own question about that EXPORT_SYMBOL was whether it instead be
> an EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL, but if either one costs bytes ... I'm happy to
> avoid that cost!

no export if it's not *really* need is obviously superior to either of
those so yes I like the patch you're talking about already without even
having seen it ;)


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