Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 19 Feb 2005 22:45:24 +0100 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: updated list of unused kernel exports posted |
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On Sat, Feb 19, 2005 at 10:14:33PM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>... > The following symbols are added to this list since the last posted list; > some of these will be of the "emerging functionality" type, others will > be now-redundant and should be investigated for removal; after all each > exported symbol uses easily over a hundred bytes of unswappable kernel > memory for every linux user out there. > > +++ unused.new 2005-02-19 21:27:59.556557390 +0100 > +alloc_chrdev_region
Used on s390: drivers/s390/char/vmlogrdr.c drivers/s390/char/tape_char.c
>... > +backlight_device_register > +backlight_device_unregister
Used on the Sharp Zaurus: drivers/video/backlight/corgi_bl.c
>... > +cpufreq_get
Used on ARM: drivers/pcmcia/sa11xx_base.c
But ist seems to be wrong that it gets exported twice on ARM.
>... > +nr_free_pages
In -mm, it's used by reiser4.
> +nr_pagecache
Used on s390: arch/s390/appldata/appldata_mem.c
>... > +pccard_static_ops
Used on ARM and m32r: drivers/pcmcia/m32r_pcc.c drivers/pcmcia/soc_common.c drivers/pcmcia/m32r_cfc.c drivers/pcmcia/hd64465_ss.c
>... > +platform_get_irq_byname
Used on ppc: drivers/net/gianfar.c
> +platform_get_resource_byname
Used on ARM, m32r and ppc: drivers/net/smc91x.c
>... > +totalram_pages
In -mm, it's used by reiser4.
>... > +try_acquire_console_sem
It's used in -mm: drivers/video/aty/radeon_pm.c
>... > +wait_for_completion_interruptible >... > +wait_for_completion_timeout
Both are used in -mm: drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
cu Adrian
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