From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
To: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@kernel.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Reminder for feature Unused EXPORT_SYMBOL/EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL exports removal date before 2.6.19 Nov 2006
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:12:46 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090702231246.1a144b61@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1246586623.2530.6.camel@jaswinder.satnam>
On Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:33:43 +0530
Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@kernel.org> wrote:
> Hello Arjan,
>
> What: Unused EXPORT_SYMBOL/EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL exports
> (temporary transition config option provided until then)
> The transition config option will also be removed at the same
> time. When: before 2.6.19
> Why: Unused symbols are both increasing the size of the kernel
> binary and are often a sign of "wrong API"
> Who: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
>
> If you are facing any issue regarding feature removal kindly update
> the "Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt" like what you are
> waiting for.
>
> Thanks,
> --
> JSR
>
> http://userweb.kernel.org/~jaswinder/
>
??
what are you suggesting?
unused symbols are getting marked and later approved as appropriate...
--
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