linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add EXPORT

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Message-Id: <200712032041.ABB90643.SOFVQFtMHFLOOJ@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Date:	Mon, 3 Dec 2007 20:41:44 +0900
From:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
To:	acme@...hat.com
Cc:	bunk@...nel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add EXPORT_SYMBOL(ksize);

Hello.

Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > But I think ksize() should be available to kernel modules as well as kmalloc() etc.
> Why do you think so? You have to justify that with some valid use.
Is there an alternative function?
If not, it sounds to me that this is a regression.
We couldn't know how much memory was allocated by kmalloc() in 2.4 era, and we can know it 2.6 era.
But are we going back to 2.4 era for out-of-tree kernel modules?

Thanks.
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