Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and intro.

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On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 08:43:24AM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Rusty said:
> 
> > Well, introduce an EXPORT_SYMBOL_INTERNAL().  It's a lot less code.  But you'd 
> > still need to show that people are having trouble knowing what APIs to use.
> 
> Might the recent discussion on the exporting of sys_open() and
> sys_read() be an example here?  There would appear to be a consensus
> that people should not have used those functions, but they are now
> proving difficult to unexport.

That is a good example yes.

> Perhaps the best use of the namespace stuff might be for *future*
> exports which are needed to help make the mainline kernel fully modular,
> but which are not meant to be part of a more widely-used API?

Not sure about future only, but yes that is its intention.
Thanks for putting it clearly.

-Andi
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