Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:53:44 -0800 | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Subject | Re: Feature Removals for 2.6.25 |
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> > --------------------------- > > What: CONFIG_FORCED_INLINING > When: June 2006 > Why: Config option is there to see if gcc is good enough. (in january > 2006). If it is, the behavior should just be the default. If it's not, > the option should just go away entirely. > Who: Arjan van de Ven > > Patch submitted to Arjan, maybe 2.6.25?
Ingo picked it up, but no rush for .25, .26 is fine for this as well
> > What: Unused EXPORT_SYMBOL/EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL exports > (temporary transition config option provided until then) > The transition config option will also be removed at the same time. > When: before 2.6.19 > Why: Unused symbols are both increasing the size of the kernel binary > and are often a sign of "wrong API" > Who: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
this is an ongoing work; symbols get marked unused and then garbage collected when they're due; for example akpm has several of that kind in his pile right now
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