Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:57:43 -0500 (EST) | Subject | Re: [PATCH net] ipv6:export nd_tbl | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Weiping Pan <panweiping3@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 14:52:41 +0800
> A customer wants to use nd_tbl in his kernel module, > the easiest way is to export nd_tbl, just as arp_tbl. > > There were some requests to export nd_tbl, like: > http://marc.info/?l=netfilter-devel&m=111416950824614&w=2 > http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=110715893206991&w=2 > > But they were all rejected. > I want to know the reason why can't nd_tbl be exported just as arp_tbl, > and how can we look up nd_tbl without exporting it. > > Signed-off-by: Weiping Pan <panweiping3@gmail.com>
We do not accomodate out-of-tree code, arp_tbl is exported because modules (such as ATM clip) in the upstream tree use that symbol.
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