Re: x86: Why have __copy_from_user_ll_nocache* been exported?

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Thu Jan 31 2008 - 16:06:43 EST


On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:14:30 +0200
Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> A commit that does nothing except for adding two unused EXPORT_SYMBOL's.
>
> Without any rationale why they should be exported.

Don't look at me. This has been sitting in my tree for nearly two years as
part of the reiser4 patchset. It may not even be needed any more. I guess
Ingo went on a fishing expedition and liked the change.

> And that from a person who on the other hand wants to introduce
> (and tries to force on other people) deprecation periods for unused
> EXPORT_SYMBOL's.

For very good reasons which you perversely and persistently ignore.
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