From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932289AbWBUOgl (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:36:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932284AbWBUOgl (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:36:41 -0500 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:45060 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932459AbWBUOgl (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:36:41 -0500 Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:36:39 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Alan Cox Cc: Hugh Dickins , Christoph Hellwig , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] unexport install_page Message-ID: <20060221143639.GY4661@stusta.de> References: <20060220223709.GT4661@stusta.de> <20060221103808.GB19349@infradead.org> <20060221141341.GW4661@stusta.de> <1140532473.840.23.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1140532473.840.23.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 02:34:33PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > On Maw, 2006-02-21 at 15:13 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > This means it has only bloated the kernel for two and a half years > > for nearly everyone. > > Wouldn't it be more productive to just shave 30 bytes off some other > function and make it faster instead of moaning about every single export > symbol that is provided even when its intentionally part of a complete > API ? Wouldn't it be best to do both? cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed