Re: [2.6 patch] drivers/message/i2o/iop.c: static inline functions mustn't be exported

[Markus Lidel <Markus.Lidel@shadowconnect.com>]

Hello,

Andrew Morton wrote:
> Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> wrote:
>> static inline functions mustn't be exported.
> Actually, exports of static inlines work OK.  The compiler will emit an
> out-of-line copy to satisfy EXPORT_SYMBOL's reference and the module
> namespace is separate from the compiler&linker's namespace.
> Of course, things will screw up when we're using the compiler&linker
> namespace (ie: the driver is statically linked).
>> --- linux-2.6.17-rc1-mm2-full/drivers/message/i2o/iop.c.old	2006-04-13 17:30:41.000000000 +0200
>> +++ linux-2.6.17-rc1-mm2-full/drivers/message/i2o/iop.c	2006-04-13 17:30:57.000000000 +0200
>> @@ -1243,7 +1243,6 @@
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2o_cntxt_list_get_ptr);
>>  #endif
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2o_msg_get_wait);
>> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2o_msg_nop);
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2o_find_iop);
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2o_iop_find_device);
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2o_event_register);
> It depends whether Markus thinks this symbol is something which the driver
> should be exporting.  If so, we should uninline i2o_msg_nop().  But given
> that it's in a header, nobody should be linking to it anyway...
 > (why on earth does i2o put semicolons after its function definitions?)

OK, i could live with both versions... The EXPORT_SYMBOL was needed in 
earlier version, but i forgot to remove it when i inlined the function 
and put it into the header.

If someone thinks the inline is to expensive here, please let me know and 
i will submit a patch to reverse it again.


Best regards,


Markus Lidel
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