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DateThu, 22 Nov 2007 11:05:45 +0000
FromChristoph Hellwig <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and intro.
On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 02:56:22PM +1100, Rusty Russell wrote:
> This is an interesting idea, thanks for the code! My only question is
> whether we can get most of this benefit by dropping the indirection of
> namespaces and have something like "EXPORT_SYMBOL_TO(sym, modname)"? It
> doesn't work so well for exporting to a group of modules, but that seems
> a reasonable line to draw anyway.

I'd say exporting to a group of modules is the main use case. E.g. in
scsi there would be symbols exported to transport class modules only
or lots of the vfs_ symbols would be exported only to stackable filesystems
or nfsd.

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