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

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Message-ID: <20071129085334.5793a922@laptopd505.fenrus.org>
Date:	Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:53:34 -0800
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	sam@...nborg.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and intro.

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:25:33 -0800
> 
> Agreed. On first glance, I was intrigued but:
> 
> 1) Why is everyone so concerned that export symbol space is large?
> 	- does it cost cpu or running memory?

yes. about 120 bytes per symbol

> 	- does it cause bugs?

yes, bad apis are causing bugs... sys_open is just the starter of that.


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