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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86/process: Export start_thread()
On Sun, 19 Aug 2018, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> > On Aug 19, 2018, at 4:08 PM, Rian Hunter <rian@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Commit e634d8fc792c ("x86-64: merge the standard and compat
> > start_thread() functions") removed exporting for the start_thread()
> > function in what seems like a typo. Add it back to
> > arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c for parity with process_32.c and other
> > arch.
>
> What for? Perhaps 32-bit could remove it instead?

No. start_thread() is called from various binfmt implementations which can
be built as modules.

Thanks,

tglx

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