linux-kernel - Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] kernel/pid.c: remove two unused exports

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Message-ID: <m18xi4v8th.fsf@ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com>
Date:	Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:33:30 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] kernel/pid.c: remove two unused exports

Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de> writes:

> This patch removes two unused exports.

Ok.  Could we hold off on this a little bit?

In general I think this is sane, but looking through my pending
patches I have at least one patch that uses find_get_pid from
a modular context.

The general issue is that drivers and thus most modules should
not be aware of pid_t values.  However there do seem to be a few
rare exceptions.

Eric
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