Re: [PATCH 6/7] Ksplice: Export symbols needed for Ksplice

[Rusty Russell]

On Friday 13 February 2009 12:16:40 Tim Abbott wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Feb 2009, Rusty Russell wrote:
> 
> > On Saturday 06 December 2008 10:33:59 Jeff Arnold wrote:
> > > From: Tim Abbott <tabbott@xxxxxxx>
> > > 
> > > Ksplice uses several functions from module.c in order to resolve
> > > symbols and implement dependency handling.  Calling these functions
> > > requires holding module_mutex, so it is exported.
> > 
> > I have fought every attempt to export that.  It was long a cause of misery
> > and pain; people saw the lock and so started grabbing it.
> > 
> > Any chance we can find another way?
> 
> It is definitely possible, but it wouldn't be pretty.  There are a few 
> things that we use module_mutex for:

Yes, having looked through the code I don't think the export can be avoided.

Thanks,
Rusty.
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