netdev - Re: [2.6 patch] unexport icmpmsg

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Date:	Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:14:37 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	David Stevens <dlstevens@...ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] unexport icmpmsg_statistics

On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 12:07:45PM -0700, David Stevens wrote:
> netdev-owner@...r.kernel.org wrote on 10/24/2007 09:24:10 AM:
> 
> > This patch removes the unused EXPORT_SYMBOL(icmpmsg_statistics).
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
> > 
> > ---
> > 4ce74657ac0b1bdcb4c7bc359d05643f8cc4a08b 
> > diff --git a/net/ipv4/icmp.c b/net/ipv4/icmp.c
> > index 272c69e..233de06 100644
> > --- a/net/ipv4/icmp.c
> > +++ b/net/ipv4/icmp.c
> > @@ -1104,5 +1104,4 @@ void __init icmp_init(struct net_proto_family 
> *ops)
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL(icmp_err_convert);
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL(icmp_send);
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL(icmp_statistics);
> > -EXPORT_SYMBOL(icmpmsg_statistics);
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL(xrlim_allow);
> 
>         "icmpmsg_statistics" belongs with (and replaces some of the 
> old...)
> "icmp_statistics". I'm not sure that any modules use it, but I think you
> should remove both or neither.

icmp_statistics is used by the dccp_ipv4 and sctp modules.

icmpmsg_statistics is not used by any modules.

>                                                                 +-DLS

cu
Adrian

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