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Date:	Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:26:09 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	inaky@...ux.intel.com
Cc:	tgraf@...g.ch, johannes@...solutions.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] genetlink: export genl_unregister_mc_group()

From: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky@...ux.intel.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:54:01 -0700

> Add an EXPORT_SYMBOL() to genl_unregister_mc_group(), to allow
> unregistering groups on the run. 
> 
> Cleanup is currently done when unregistering a family, but there is
> no way to unregister a single multicast group due to that function not
> being exported. Seems to be a mistake as it is documented as for
> external consumption.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky@...ux.intel.com>

We export functions with in-tree modular users.

The only reason that genl_register_mc_group() is exported is because
there are in-tree modular users, ACPI and the NL80211 wireless code.

Please add this export when code you are writing that needs this
is merged into the tree.

Thank you.
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