Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 17 Apr 2001 20:43:32 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] proc_lookup not exported |
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On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Jeff Golds wrote:
> Hi folks. > > I noticed that proc_lookup is not exported in fs/proc/procfs_syms.c but > that the function is an external in include/linux/proc_fs.h.
Not every public function needs to be exported. proc_lookup() is shared between different files in fs/proc/, so it can't be made static. However, it got no business being used outside of the fs/proc and it certainly shouldn't be used in modules.
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