linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add EXPORT

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Message-ID: <475E6A99.1050800@t-online.de>
Date:	Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:46:49 +0100
From:	Bernd Schmidt <bernds_cb1@...nline.de>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Ungerer <gerg@...pgear.com>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add EXPORT_SYMBOL(ksize);

A couple of Cc:s added.

Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 03:34:59PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 14:48:42 +0100
>> Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 05:43:39PM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
>>>> mm/slub.c exports ksize(), but mm/slob.c and mm/slab.c don't. I don't know why.
>>>> ...
>>> That's due to the fact that my patch to remove this unused export from 
>>> slub was not yet applied...
>>>
>>> Where is the modular in-kernel user?
>>>
>> binfmt_flat.c, binfmt_elf_fdpic.c.
> 
> I could have sworn I had checked that both are bools, but BINFMT_FLAT is 
> actually a tristate.
> 
> Is anyone actually using binfmt_flat modular (considering it's only 
> available for !MMU embedded systems)? If yes, then only exporting 
> ksize() will not be enough for getting it working modular...

We're not using modular binfmt_flat on the Blackfin, but I can't speak
for other architectures.


Bernd
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