linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] unexport uts

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Date:	Tue, 20 May 2008 13:16:19 -0400
From:	fche@...hat.com (Frank Ch. Eigler)
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...set.davemloft.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	systemtap@...rces.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] unexport uts_sem

Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org> writes:

> With the removal of the Solaris binary emulation the export of 
> uts_sem became unused. [...]
>
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(uts_sem);

Am I correct that this would makes it invalid for modules to call
utsname() (since the protective semaphore is now hidden)?  Systemtap
has been using them in order to validate the modules it builds against
possible kernel vs. kernel-devel differences.

- FChE
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