Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Apr 2005 01:02:55 +0200 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] unexport __print_symbol |
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On Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 04:35:18PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> wrote: > > > > I didn't find any possible modular usage in the kernel. > > > > Making print_symbol() available to modules during their development might > aid that development. Presumably, such debug code would not appear in the > mainline tree. > > IOW: people might want to use print_symbol() during private development, so > we should continue to export it to modules.
If you need it during private development, you can always re-add it in your private tree.
And the possibility of such debug code accidentially getting into mainline drops to zero if the EXPORT_SYMBOL isn't there.
cu Adrian
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