On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Keith Owens wrote:
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() may only be used for new exported symbols, Linus
> has spoken. I believe the phrase involved killer penguins with
> chainsaws for anybody who changed existing exported interfaces.
... and if somebody thinks that replacing
int foo(void *bar);
plus
EXPORT_SYMBOL(foo);
with
int __foo(void *bar, int baz);
static int foo(void *bar)
{
return __foo(bar, 0);
}
plus
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__foo);
is going to save you from aforementioned killer penguins, keep in mind
that there are worse and slower ways to go and you might not like learning
them first-hand.
Al "have pincer, will travel" Viro
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