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From: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 01:56:19 +0100

> On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 04:20:33PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > Please consider EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL because this interface would be a obvious
> > target for binary modules writers to use.
> 
> As opposed to duplicating it?  WTFPoint of restriction that is trivial to
> bypass?  Look at those functions; there's nothing that couldn't be
> immediately open-coded in a binary module and use of _GPL doesn't serve
> any purpose.

Agreed.