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Message-ID: <20080204051318.GA11255@uranus.ravnborg.org>
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 06:13:18 +0100
From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To: Peter Teoh <htmldeveloper@...il.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Coexistence of EXPORT_SYMBOL() and __cpuinit
On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 09:49:24AM +0800, Peter Teoh wrote:
> In kernel/cpu.c, there exists API that is declared as __cpuinit, and
> at the same time exported via EXPORT_SYMBOL().
>
> Can these two attribute coexists at the same time? I mean, when it
> is declared with EXPORT_SYMBOL, according to include/linux/module.h,
> it is placed in a __ksymtab section, and when compiled with with
> __cpuinit, according to include/linux/init.h, into a __cpuinit
> section.
kbuild.git contains a commit so we no longer warn about
symbols being exported if annotatated with __cpuinit, __devinit, and
__devinit.
I've requested Linus to pull the changes and expet it to happen
within the next two days.
Sam
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