linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] namespace: add source file location exceptions

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Date:	Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:41:53 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
Cc:	Amerigo Wang <amwang@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] namespace: add source file location exceptions

On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:31:18 +0200
Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz> wrote:

> On 14.10.2010 00:58, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > Teach namespace checker about some special case files where the
> > source is in unusual location.  This fixes many of the source file
> > not found errors (more can be added), and also prevents false positives
> > for functions not being used.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
> > ---
> > Applies after previous patches by Amerigo Wang
> 
> Applied to kbuild-2.6.git#misc, sorry for the delay.
> 
> Michal

That patch should not be included. It causes more problems than it
solves, since then there are duplicate file locations which causes
false duplicate symbol reports.

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