linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] unexport tick_nohz_get_sleep

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Date:	Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:28:06 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
cc:	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Venkatesch Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] unexport tick_nohz_get_sleep_length

On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Adrian Bunk wrote:

> This patch removes the unused 
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tick_nohz_get_sleep_length).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
> 
> ---
> f7c83dfe117f4fd072b2506ae090e4145abda362 
> diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> index 10a1347..5997456 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> @@ -320,8 +320,6 @@ ktime_t tick_nohz_get_sleep_length(void)
>  	return ts->sleep_length;
>  }
>  
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tick_nohz_get_sleep_length);
> -

Hmm, this was added to allow the cpuidle governers modular
build. Seems this was changed to compiled in only.

Len, Venki, is this the final decision ?

     tglx
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