Re: [PATCH 1/6] Suppress A.OUT library support if !CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT [try #5]

Andi Kleen <[email protected]> wrote:

> One problem is that EXPORT_SYMBOL always creates a reference to the function
> even when nothing uses it.

Exactly.  This function is for use in something that can be compiled as a
module, therefore this sort of thing is academic - unless we take away the
ability of the aout binfmt to be built as a module.

What's wrong, anyway, with inlining the function?

David
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