From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Mosberger Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 22:18:21 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] missing exports of __strlen_user(), __strncpy_from_user()? Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org __copy_user and __do_clear_user were already in the current kernel sources but I added the other three now. Thanks, --david >>>>> On Tue, 5 Dec 2000 17:04:06 -0500 (EST), John Kohl said: John> i386 kernels export strnlen_user() and strncpy_from_user(); John> the former is referenced by the macro for strlen_user(). John> ia64 does not export either __strlen_user() or John> __strncpy_from_user() (referenced by strlen_user() and John> strncpy_from_user() macros functions). We need these symbols John> to implement some code in our kernel module (ClearCase MVFS). John> I presume this is just an oversight, and they should be added John> to arch/ia64/kernel/ia64_ksyms.c? I'd suggest adding these, John> as similar to exported symbols in i386, to make John> copy_{from,to}_user(), strncpy_from_user(), and clear_user() John> usable by modules. John> EXPORT_SYMBOL(__strncpy_from_user); John> EXPORT_SYMBOL(__do_clear_user); EXPORT_SYMBOL(__strlen_user); John> EXPORT_SYMBOL(__strnlen_user); EXPORT_SYMBOL(__copy_user); John> -- =John Kohl , Software Engineer Rational John> Software, Configuration Management Business Unit Mark your John> calendars! Rational User Conference 2001, July 22-26, 2001 in John> beautiful Denver, Colorado John> _______________________________________________ Linux-IA64 John> mailing list Linux-IA64@linuxia64.org John> http://lists.linuxia64.org/lists/listinfo/linux-ia64