From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] netpoll: Remove unused EXPORT_SYMBOLs of netpoll_poll and netpoll_poll_dev Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:02:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20110703.200224.1596548736594048749.davem@davemloft.net> References: <282ce7d68b97c4dbfb759c1c0752e6cbddfeeafc.1309482314.git.joe@perches.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, amwang@redhat.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: joe@perches.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: <282ce7d68b97c4dbfb759c1c0752e6cbddfeeafc.1309482314.git.joe@perches.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Joe Perches Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:08:57 -0700 > Unused symbols waste space. > > Commit 0e34e93177fb > "(netpoll: add generic support for bridge and bonding devices)" > added the symbol more than a year ago with the promise of "future use". > > Because it is so far unused, remove it for now. > It can be easily readded if or when it actually needs to be used. > > cc: WANG Cong > Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Applied.