linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/10] module: fix is_exported() to return true for all types of exports

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Date:	Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:02:49 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@...fmail.co.uk>
Cc:	greg@...ah.com, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, carmelo73@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] module: fix is_exported() to return true for all types of exports

On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 08:36:22 pm Alan Jenkins wrote:
> /proc/kallsyms annotates module symbols as global (e.g. 'D' for a data
> symbol) or local (e.g. 'd'), depending on whether is_exported() returns
> true or false.
> 
> Historically, is_exported() only returns true if the symbol was exported
> using EXPORT_SYMBOL(). EXPORT_SYMBOL_UNUSED(), for example, is not taken
> into account. This looks like an oversight, so let's fix it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@...fmail.co.uk>

Yep, I noticed the same thing when you patched it.

Thanks!
Rusty.
PS.  Very happy with this series, if no other issues I'll take it happily!
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