From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
sparclinux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Remove init_mm export as planned for 2.6.26
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:37:09 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080714023709.GA12795@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080711193046.89b4b68a.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 07:30:46PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > -EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL(init_mm); /* will be removed in 2.6.26 */
> >
> > /*
> > * Initial thread structure.
> >
>
> grep -r init_mm include/asm-sparc64
>
> This patch used to break stuff. I'm not aware that anything was done
> to prevent this.
Dave's patch only unexprts it on x86, which per defintion can't break
sparc64 which is known to need this export. It would be nice if someone
could do a little audit which architectures require it in addition to
sparc64 and remove it fromm all others.
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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
sparclinux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Remove init_mm export as planned for 2.6.26
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:37:09 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080714023709.GA12795@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080711193046.89b4b68a.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 07:30:46PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > -EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL(init_mm); /* will be removed in 2.6.26 */
> >
> > /*
> > * Initial thread structure.
> >
>
> grep -r init_mm include/asm-sparc64
>
> This patch used to break stuff. I'm not aware that anything was done
> to prevent this.
Dave's patch only unexprts it on x86, which per defintion can't break
sparc64 which is known to need this export. It would be nice if someone
could do a little audit which architectures require it in addition to
sparc64 and remove it fromm all others.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-07-14 2:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-11 20:19 Remove init_mm export as planned for 2.6.26 Dave Jones
2008-07-12 2:30 ` Andrew Morton
2008-07-12 2:30 ` Andrew Morton
2008-07-14 2:37 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2008-07-14 2:37 ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-07-14 4:33 ` Andrew Morton
2008-07-14 4:33 ` Andrew Morton
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