linux-kernel - Re: [2.6.19 patch] i386/x86_64: remove the unused EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump

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Message-Id: <200611212047.30192.ak@suse.de>
Date:	Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:47:30 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, discuss@...-64.org
Subject: Re: [2.6.19 patch] i386/x86_64: remove the unused EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_trace)

On Tuesday 21 November 2006 20:41, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> This patch removes the unused EXPORT_SYMBOL(dump_trace) added on i386 
> and x86_64 in 2.6.19-rc.
> 
> By removing them before the final 2.6.19 we avoid the possibility of 
> people later whining that we removed exports they started using.

I exported it for systemtap so that they can stop using the broken
hack they currently use as unwinder.

-Andi
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