Re: [2.6 patch] unexport __print_symbol

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Adrian Bunk <[email protected]> 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.


> 
> --- linux-2.6.11-rc5-mm1-full/kernel/kallsyms.c.old	2005-03-04 00:49:34.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.11-rc5-mm1-full/kernel/kallsyms.c	2005-03-04 00:49:49.000000000 +0100
> @@ -408,4 +408,3 @@
>  }
>  __initcall(kallsyms_init);
>  
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(__print_symbol);
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