linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Move kasprintf.o to obj-y

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Message-ID: <20070924075949.GA1742@uranus.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:59:49 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...ru>, akpm@...l.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...nvz.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Move kasprintf.o to obj-y

On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 08:41:10AM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:18:26AM +0400, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> > Modular puppyvisor started giving linking errors
> > 
> > 	  MODPOST 1 modules
> > 	ERROR: "kasprintf" [drivers/lguest/lg.ko] undefined!
> 
> Please kill lib-y while you're at it.  It's useless and a constant
> source of pain like this.
Kernel-bloat is another "constant source of pain".
But the troubles are that increased blot does not result in compiler erros.

And your proposal to kil lib-y is a counter-act here.

	Sam
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