linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/stacktrace: export save_stack_trace_tsk

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Date:   Wed, 27 Feb 2019 22:31:43 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>
cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, live-patching@...r.kernel.org,
        x86@...nel.org, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/stacktrace: export save_stack_trace_tsk_reliable

On Wed, 27 Feb 2019, Joe Lawrence wrote:

> The ppc64le implementation of save_stack_trace_tsk_reliable() is
> exported, so do the same with x86.

And what's the in tree module user of this? I can't find one and just
because PPC has an export with no user is not a convincing argument to add
another one. The proper solution is to remove the unused PPC export.

Thanks,

	tglx