Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 2 Dec 2001 14:40:19 +0100 | From | Ingo Oeser <> | Subject | Re: PATCH 2.4.17.2: make ext2 smaller |
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On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 08:03:27AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Ingo Oeser wrote: > > Even this doesn't have to be done manually. Everything that is > > not covered by EXPORT_SYMBOL() in this case can be static, since > > And if !MODULE, then even EXPORT_SYMBOL symbols can become static, if > they are not used outside the compilation unit.
If your compilation units are greater than the current granularity of modules: Yes.
EXPORT_SYMBOL() symbols are Kernel-API, which is also exported to 3rd-party vendors with binary modules. So it makes little sense to me to make them static.
PS: Have a nice 1st Advent ;-)
Regards
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