linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crash_dump: export is_kdump_kernel to modules, consolidate elfcorehdr_addr, setup_elfcorehdr and saved_max

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Date:	Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:49:39 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
Cc:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crash_dump: export is_kdump_kernel to modules,
 consolidate elfcorehdr_addr, setup_elfcorehdr and saved_max_pfn

On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:57:51 +0100
Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de> wrote:

> > Apart from that, moving the code from arch specific section to generic
> > code helps. So that bit you can retain and get rid of export of
> > is_kdump_kernel() and elfcorehdr_addr.
> 
> 
> Andrew, do you want a new patch with the export of elfcorehdr_addr
> removed, or can you edit my patch and remove that one line?

This?

--- a/kernel/crash_dump.c~crash_dump-export-is_kdump_kernel-to-modules-consolidate-elfcorehdr_addr-setup_elfcorehdr-and-saved_max_pfn-fix-fix
+++ a/kernel/crash_dump.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ unsigned long saved_max_pfn;
  * it under CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP and not CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE.
  */
 unsigned long long elfcorehdr_addr = ELFCORE_ADDR_MAX;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(elfcorehdr_addr);
 
 /*
  * elfcorehdr= specifies the location of elf core header stored by the crashed
_

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