Re: [2.6 patch] kernel/rcupdate.c: make the exports EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL

Arjan van de Ven
2005-04-04T08:22:16Z

On Sat, 2005-04-02 at 22:02 -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:

> These need to be put back. Moving them to GPL -- but in a measured
> manner, as I proposed on this list some months ago -- is fine. Changing
> these particular exports precipitously is most definitely -not- fine.
> Here is my earlier proposal:

ok so there is no disagreement that these should become _GPL eventually,
only about the "when". There is agreement also about the expectation
that currently no binary module is using these. Personally I would then
suggest removing them right now (as is done in -bk); the longer you wait
the higher the chance of anyone out there starting to use them and
giving/having a problem a year from now, while the current "damage" is
expected to be zero.