Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] add feature-removal-schedule.txt documentation | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Sun, 09 Jan 2005 00:03:45 +0100 |
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On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 21:46 +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > On Sad, 2005-01-08 at 18:32, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > What: call_rcu(), call_rcu_bh(), and synchronize_kernel() change from > > EXPORT_SYMBOL() to EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(). > > When: January 9, 2006 > > Files: kernel/rcupdate.c > > Why: There are no known environments supporting RCU from which > > one could reasonably expect to port a non-GPL kernel module > > or driver to Linux. > > IBM might want to also note that anyone wanting to do so needs an IBM > patent license for non GPL use ..
given this, I actually think it might be better to make it a _GPL export right away, anything else is setting people up in an entrapment kind of way.
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