kaos@ocs.com.au said:
> There is also a problem with exported symbols. To ld, EXPORT_SYMBOL
> looks like a reference to the symbol,
Er, surely that's not a problem at all? This is desired behaviour?
> but the export entry is irrelevant, what really matters is if any module
> refers to those symbols.
Absolutely not. If we mark a symbol EXPORT_SYMBOL, we want it exported. No
questions asked.
The export entry _is_ relevant; furthermore it's the _only_ thing that's
relevant, and there is no way of knowing if there's a module that isn't in
the tree, or maybe even a module that _is_ in the tree but not compiled
today, that needs the symbol in question.
I sincerely hope it's just too early in the morning here and I'm
misunderstanding you :)
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