linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] ia64, metag: Do not export min_low

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Date:	Wed, 22 May 2013 19:57:17 +0200
From:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
To:	James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>
Cc:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Sanjay Lal <sanjayl@...asys.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] ia64, metag: Do not export min_low_pfn in
 arch-specific code

On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 11:24:35AM +0100, James Hogan wrote:

> On 27 April 2013 19:20, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> > As of commit 787dcbe6984b3638e94f60d807dcb51bb8a07211 ("MIPS: Export
> > symbols used by KVM/MIPS module"), min_low_pfn is already exported by
> > the generic mm/bootmem.c, causing:
> >
> > WARNING: vmlinux: 'min_low_pfn' exported twice. Previous export was in vmlinux
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> 
> This has been pointed out several times and needs fixing in the mips
> tree where the warning was introduced.

I've changed the MIPS code to no longer require the export of min_low_pfn
and dropped the export of that particular file.  I still see that IA-64
and metag export min_low_pfn so maybe it should be exported from mm/
after all?

  Ralf
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