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SubjectRe: [PATCH] kill symbol_get & friends
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On Sun, 2005-01-16 at 20:46 +0000, Richard Purdie wrote:
> Without symbol_get, you can only have hard dependencies between the modules
> and hence you would be forced into loading both modules even if you only
> want one of them.
>
> I came across this function when trying to solve this exact problem. If the
> function is going to be removed, what is the alternative? Apologies if I've
> missed something obvious...

The workaround is to put some registration wedge in the core code (see
net/core/netfilter.c:808 for an example).

But this is exactly what symbol_get is for. However, if noone needs it,
we can remove it, as keeping infrastructure around because "someone
might need it" is not usually a good idea.

Rusty.
--
A bad analogy is like a leaky screwdriver -- Richard Braakman

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