Re: [2.6 patch] unexport panic_timeout

[Andrew Morton]

Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I didn't find any possible modular usage in the kernel.
> 

panic_timeout has many in-kernel users and it is used from within a module
in 2.4.30.

Hence it is easily possible that some out-of-tree code is dependent upon
this export, hence I shan't be applying this patch.

> 
> --- linux-2.6.11-rc5-mm1-full/kernel/panic.c.old	2005-03-04 00:54:46.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.11-rc5-mm1-full/kernel/panic.c	2005-03-04 00:54:54.000000000 +0100
> @@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
>  int panic_on_oops;
>  int tainted;
>  
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(panic_timeout);
> -
>  struct notifier_block *panic_notifier_list;
>  
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(panic_notifier_list);
-
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