Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 29 Nov 2004 00:00:43 +0100 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: EXPORT_SYMBOL_NOVERS question |
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On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 09:42:20AM +1100, Rusty Russell wrote: > On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 00:10 -0800, vlobanov wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I was looking over the /include/linux/module.h file, and the > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_NOVERS macro caught my eye. To quote the source: > > > > /* We don't mangle the actual symbol anymore, so no need for > > * special casing EXPORT_SYMBOL_NOVERS. FIXME: Deprecated */ > > #define EXPORT_SYMBOL_NOVERS(sym) EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym) > > > > A quick grep through the tree brought up no usage cases for this macro. > > Is there any reason to keep it around, instead of cutting it out, as the > > FIXME comment seems to suggest? > > Yep, it's time. > > Rusty. > > Name: Remove EXPORT_SYMBOL_NOVERS > Status: Trivial > Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> > > Vadim Lobanov points out that EXPORT_SYMBOL_NOVERS is no longer used; > in fact, SH still uses it, but once we fix that, the kernel is clean. > Remove it. >...
Thaat's true for Linus' tree, but not for -mm.
@David: arch/frv/kernel/frv_ksyms.c has to be changed.
cu Adrian
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