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Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:31:53 +0000
From: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Cc: dhowells@...hat.com, Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, torvalds@...l.org,
akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-am33-list@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] Suppress A.OUT library support if !CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT [try #5]
Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de> wrote:
> One problem is that EXPORT_SYMBOL always creates a reference to the function
> even when nothing uses it.
Exactly. This function is for use in something that can be compiled as a
module, therefore this sort of thing is academic - unless we take away the
ability of the aout binfmt to be built as a module.
What's wrong, anyway, with inlining the function?
David
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