Re: [2.6 patch] fs/namei.c: EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 01:33:09PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> This patch marks an unused export as EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> --- linux-2.6.17-mm4-full/fs/namei.c.old	2006-06-30 04:01:55.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6.17-mm4-full/fs/namei.c	2006-06-30 04:02:47.000000000 +0200
> @@ -2785,7 +2785,7 @@
>  	.put_link	= page_put_link,
>  };
>  
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(__user_walk);
> +EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL(__user_walk);  /*  June 2006  */

This can just go away ASAP.  People who need it can just __user_walk_fd
with AT_FDCWD as dfd argument.  While you're at it please kill the whole
function, not just the export.

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