Re: Unknown symbol kill_proc_info in 2.6.10-rc1

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Sat Oct 23 2004 - 05:27:46 EST


On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 03:04:47AM -0700, C.Y.M wrote:
> Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> >On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 02:21:22AM -0700, C.Y.M wrote:
> >
> >>After building 2.6.10-rc1, i was unable to load my "lufs" module due to
> >>an unknown symbol error (kill_proc_info). When I examined the
> >>2.6.10-rc1 patch, I noticed that "EXPORT_SYMBOL(kill_proc_info);" was
> >>removed from signal.c. With the following patch, I was able to resolve
> >>my problem, but I am not sure if this is the correct method. Is there a
> >>reason why the kill_proc_info symbol is no longer exported?
> >
> >
> >Because it's not an API you should be using.
> >
> >
> Is there an alternative?

Maybe you could explain what you're actually trying to do at a higher
level first.

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