On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:51:17 +0100
Alasdair G Kergon <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 09:05:04PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Twenty new exports. What are they all for?
>
> The exports correspond to the functionality available to userspace through
> the existing ioctl interface.
>
> Currently, we only offer an ioctl interface for device-mapper and this is
> unsuitable for any future in-kernel users wishing to make use of
> device-mapper facilities.
>
Normally we don't export symbols until there's something in-tree which
needs that export.
Occasionally we'll leave a symbol exported when it has no in-tree users,
because it is part of an API which is exported in toto. But I don't think
that's the case here.
Adding twenty new unused exports is rather a big deal. Do you have some
new code pending which will use all these?
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