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SubjectRe: [RFC: 2.6 patch] kernel/sys.c: possible cleanups
Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> wrote:
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> This patch contains the following possible cleanups:

Please avoid mixing together cleanups

> - proper prototypes for the following functions:
> - ctrl_alt_del() (in include/linux/reboot.h)
> - getrusage() (in include/linux/resource.h)
> - make the following needlessly global functions static:
> - kernel_restart_prepare()
> - kernel_kexec()

which I will apply, together with API changes

> - remove the following unused EXPORT_SYMBOL:
> - in_egroup_p
> - remove the following unused EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL's:
> - kernel_restart
> - kernel_halt

which I will not.

We have a process for the latter. And even if we ignore that process, the
patch ends up sitting in -mm for ages because of the API change, along with
the cleanups, which could be merged up promptly.

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