linux-kernel - x86: Why have __copy_from_user_ll

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Date:	Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:14:30 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: x86: Why have __copy_from_user_ll_nocache* been exported?

A commit that does nothing except for adding two unused EXPORT_SYMBOL's.

Without any rationale why they should be exported.

And that from a person who on the other hand wants to introduce
(and tries to force on other people) deprecation periods for unused 
EXPORT_SYMBOL's.

Can we please get this reverted quickly?

TIA
Adrian


commit 914c82694cadbab511f2aee8a59c89be2938bace
Author: Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Date:   Wed Jan 30 23:27:57 2008 +0100

    x86: export copy_from_user_ll_nocache[_nozero]
    
    Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@....unsw.edu.au>
    Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>

diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_32.c b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_32.c
index 8bab2b2..9c4ffd5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_32.c
@@ -817,6 +817,7 @@ unsigned long __copy_from_user_ll_nocache(void *to, const void __user *from,
 #endif
 	return n;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__copy_from_user_ll_nocache);
 
 unsigned long __copy_from_user_ll_nocache_nozero(void *to, const void __user *from,
 					unsigned long n)
@@ -831,6 +832,7 @@ unsigned long __copy_from_user_ll_nocache_nozero(void *to, const void __user *fr
 #endif
 	return n;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__copy_from_user_ll_nocache_nozero);
 
 /**
  * copy_to_user: - Copy a block of data into user space.


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