linux-kernel - [PATCH x86 for review II] [31/39] x86_64: Unexport __supported_pte

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Message-Id: <20070212073819.62C0313D7F@wotan.suse.de>
Date:	Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:38:19 +0100 (CET)
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	patches@...-64.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH x86 for review II] [31/39] x86_64: Unexport __supported_pte_mask


The symbol is needed to manipulate page tables, and modules shouldn't
do that.

Leftover from 2.4, but no in tree module should need it now.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>

---
 arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c |    1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c
+++ linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ struct desc_ptr idt_descr = { 256 * 16 -
 char boot_cpu_stack[IRQSTACKSIZE] __attribute__((section(".bss.page_aligned")));
 
 unsigned long __supported_pte_mask __read_mostly = ~0UL;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__supported_pte_mask);
 static int do_not_nx __cpuinitdata = 0;
 
 /* noexec=on|off
-
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