Re: [PATCH 3/4] module: unexport each_symbol()

Alan Jenkins
2009-09-23T18:35:37Z

Tim Abbott wrote:
> Hi Alan,
>
> I really like what you're doing with this patch series; using a binary
> search for the symbol table has been something I've wanted to do in the
> kernel's module loader ever since I optimized Ksplice's symbol resolution
> code to use binary rather than linear searches.
>
> While Ksplice is not in-tree yet, Ksplice is a user of each_symbol (and in
> fact was the reason why each_symbol was originally exported). Is it easy
> to modify your patch series so that you don't have to remove each_symbol?
>

I'll have to think harder about it, but that's my problem. I should have
checked the changelog :-).

Regards
Alan