linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] x86 fixes

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Date:	Tue, 13 May 2008 23:02:26 +0300
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
Subject: Re: [git pull] x86 fixes

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:40:18PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 09:27:06PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>...
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/x8664_ksyms_64.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/x8664_ksyms_64.c
> > @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
> >     All C exports should go in the respective C files. */
> >  
> >  #include <linux/module.h>
> > +#include <net/checksum.h>
> >  #include <linux/smp.h>
> >  
> >  #include <asm/processor.h>
> > @@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__copy_from_user_inatomic);
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL(copy_page);
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL(clear_page);
> >  
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(csum_partial);
> > +
> >  /*
> >   * Export string functions. We normally rely on gcc builtin for most of these,
> >   * but gcc sometimes decides not to inline them.
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/csum-partial_64.c b/arch/x86/lib/csum-partial_64.c
> > index bc503f5..bf51144 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/lib/csum-partial_64.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/lib/csum-partial_64.c
> > @@ -136,8 +136,6 @@ __wsum csum_partial(const void *buff, int len, __wsum sum)
> >  						(__force u32)sum);
> >  }
> >  
> > -EXPORT_SYMBOL(csum_partial);
> > -
> >  /*
> >   * this routine is used for miscellaneous IP-like checksums, mainly
> >   * in icmp.c
> >...
> 
> Wouldn't the better solution be to move csum-partial_64.c from lib-y to 
> obj-y instead?

BTW: The usage of csum_partial() in reiserfs you try to work around here 
     is actually broken, so the best fix would be to fix reiserfs.

cu
Adrian

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