linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and intro.

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Message-ID: <20071127163319.GA20475@infradead.org>
Date:	Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:33:19 +0000
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	sam@...nborg.org, Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and intro.

On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 08:43:24AM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Might the recent discussion on the exporting of sys_open() and
> sys_read() be an example here?  There would appear to be a consensus
> that people should not have used those functions, but they are now
> proving difficult to unexport.

They're not.  The exports aren't used anymore and could just go away
any time.

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