[PATCH] export.h: clarify comment in relation to avoiding includes

[Paul Gortmaker]

The existing comment indicated what was desired, but it didn't
necessarily convey the reasoning behind it in an effective way.

Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/export.h | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/export.h b/include/linux/export.h
index 696c0f4..d14cf26 100644
--- a/include/linux/export.h
+++ b/include/linux/export.h
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
  * to reduce the amount of pointless cruft we feed to gcc when only
  * exporting a simple symbol or two.
  *
- * If you feel the need to add #include <linux/foo.h> to this file
- * then you are doing something wrong and should go away silently.
+ * More specifically, it was all the #include <linux/foo.h> lines in
+ * module.h that we wanted to avoid, so please avoid adding any such
+ * similar include lines here, if at all possible.
  */
 
 /* Some toolchains use a `_' prefix for all user symbols. */
-- 
1.8.1.2

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