From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751673AbYBDFNU (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Feb 2008 00:13:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750772AbYBDFNO (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Feb 2008 00:13:14 -0500 Received: from pasmtpa.tele.dk ([80.160.77.114]:59864 "EHLO pasmtpA.tele.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750735AbYBDFNN (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Feb 2008 00:13:13 -0500 Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 06:13:18 +0100 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Peter Teoh Cc: LKML Subject: Re: Coexistence of EXPORT_SYMBOL() and __cpuinit Message-ID: <20080204051318.GA11255@uranus.ravnborg.org> References: <804dabb00802031749m7f0765f8q8cd1f6c6a881651c@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <804dabb00802031749m7f0765f8q8cd1f6c6a881651c@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 09:49:24AM +0800, Peter Teoh wrote: > In kernel/cpu.c, there exists API that is declared as __cpuinit, and > at the same time exported via EXPORT_SYMBOL(). > > Can these two attribute coexists at the same time? I mean, when it > is declared with EXPORT_SYMBOL, according to include/linux/module.h, > it is placed in a __ksymtab section, and when compiled with with > __cpuinit, according to include/linux/init.h, into a __cpuinit > section. kbuild.git contains a commit so we no longer warn about symbols being exported if annotatated with __cpuinit, __devinit, and __devinit. I've requested Linus to pull the changes and expet it to happen within the next two days. Sam