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From: SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2015 10:51:18 +0000
Subject: Re: thunderbolt: Deletion of unnecessary checks before the function call "ring_free"
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To: Andreas Noever <andreas.noever@gmail.com>, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>

> Do symbols which are not exported (no EXPORT_SYMBOL_(GPL)) cause conflicts?

How do you think about to mark more functions from your software module
as static?


> I was under the impression that those are module private.
> If they are indeed private then I would prefer to not rename them.

Would you like to help in avoiding difficulties around name space issues?

Will specific prefixes make understanding a bit easier?

Regards,
Markus