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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 21:06:22 +0000 From: Alan <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, 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, 21 Nov 2006 20:18:44 +0000 Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> wrote: > 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. It is exported for systemtap not random broken out of tree junk, and the result is a good deal prettier. Systemtap guys really ought to get their stuff merged too, although how we merge a dynamic module writing tool I'm not so sure ? Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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