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

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Date:	Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:18:44 +0000
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Cc:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>, 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 Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 08:47:30PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> 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.

Nack, dump_trace is nothing that should be export for broken out of tree
junk.
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