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Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 16:58:00 -0700 From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> To: Stas Sergeev <stsp@...et.ru> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>, Linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> Subject: Re: [patch] export hrtimer_forward On Thu, 03 May 2007 23:10:02 +0400 Stas Sergeev <stsp@...et.ru> wrote: > Hello. > > Peter Zijlstra wrote: > >> It seems hrtimer_forward was forgotten to > >> export - other symbols of the hrtimers API > > Are there actual in-tree users of this symbol? Without we usually leave > > the symbol unexported, this saves some space. > Do you mean it was really left intentional? > Unbeleivable! But why the other parts of a > hrtimer API are exported nevertheless, and > only this particular function not? It was probably an oversight - generally we take the position that all the formal interface of a subsystem is exported to modules rather than a piecemeal whichever-bits-kernel.org-happens-to-use-today approach. Thomas, is hrtimer_forward() considered part of the hrtimer public API? And are you OK with the patch? > As for the users - I am porting my pcsp driver to > it and I need that function. > It is not exactly in-tree stuff, but it was > in an ALSA tree for years already, so it is a > close one. - 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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