* [PATCH 1/3] export symbol report: overview
@ 2006-04-22 1:21 Ram Pai
2006-04-26 19:21 ` Ram Pai
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From: Ram Pai @ 2006-04-22 1:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel; +Cc: akpm, arjan, bunk, greg, hch, ilmari, linuxram, mathur, sam
This patch series enables on-demand report generation of export symbol usage by
inkernel modules.
A report generated by executing
make allmodconfig
make exportcheck
is available at http://www.sudhaa.com/~ram/misc/new_export_report.txt
The same report can also be generated by executing from the top level
directory:
perl scripts/export_report.pl
This report lists:
1. the usage count of all exported symbols by in-kernel modules.
2. For each in-kernel module lists
a) the in-kernel modules it depend on.
b) list of exported symbols from that in-kernel modules it depend on.
Highlights:
On x86 architecture
(1) 880 exported symbols not used by any in-kernel modules.
(2) 1792 exported symbols used only once.
Thanks to Adrian Bunk, Arjan, Sam Ravnborg, Dagfinn Ilmari for their
valuable comments. All comments have been incorporated.
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2006-04-22 1:21 [PATCH 1/3] export symbol report: overview Ram Pai
@ 2006-04-26 19:21 ` Ram Pai
2006-04-26 21:29 ` Sam Ravnborg
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From: Ram Pai @ 2006-04-26 19:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel; +Cc: akpm, arjan, bunk, greg, hch, ilmari, mathur, sam
On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 18:21 -0700, Ram Pai wrote:
> This patch series enables on-demand report generation of export symbol usage by
> inkernel modules.
>
> A report generated by executing
> make allmodconfig
> make exportcheck
> is available at http://www.sudhaa.com/~ram/misc/new_export_report.txt
>
> The same report can also be generated by executing from the top level
> directory:
> perl scripts/export_report.pl
>
> This report lists:
> 1. the usage count of all exported symbols by in-kernel modules.
> 2. For each in-kernel module lists
> a) the in-kernel modules it depend on.
> b) list of exported symbols from that in-kernel modules it depend on.
>
> Highlights:
> On x86 architecture
> (1) 880 exported symbols not used by any in-kernel modules.
> (2) 1792 exported symbols used only once.
>
> Thanks to Adrian Bunk, Arjan, Sam Ravnborg, Dagfinn Ilmari for their
> valuable comments. All comments have been incorporated.
Since I have not heard anything bad about these patches, shall I request
Andrew to apply them to his tree?
RP
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* Re: [PATCH 1/3] export symbol report: overview
2006-04-26 19:21 ` Ram Pai
@ 2006-04-26 21:29 ` Sam Ravnborg
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From: Sam Ravnborg @ 2006-04-26 21:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ram Pai; +Cc: linux-kernel, akpm, arjan, bunk, greg, hch, ilmari, mathur
On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 12:21:45PM -0700, Ram Pai wrote:
> Since I have not heard anything bad about these patches, shall I request
> Andrew to apply them to his tree?
I will go through them when healt condition allows it. Seems to take a
few more days still. And then some bug-fixing needs to be sorted out
first.
Sam
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