Re: [PATCH] dup_task_struct can be static

From: David Mosberger (davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com)
Date: Thu Jun 20 2002 - 01:18:46 EST


>>>>> On Thu, 20 Jun 2002 12:18:13 +1000, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> said:

  Stephen> Hi Linus,
  Stephen> [There may be lots of these depending on how bored I get :-)]

  Stephen> dup_task_struct is defined and used only in kernel/fork.c.

  Stephen> [This is not quite true, as arch/ia64/kernel/process.c also
  Stephen> defines a global dup_task_struct function, but I don't know
  Stephen> how it could ever be called.]

It does---once you apply a small patch by David Howells which hasn't
made it into Linus' tree yet.

        --david
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