From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and intro. Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:33:19 +0000 Message-ID: <20071127163319.GA20475@infradead.org> References: <200711271549.37670.rusty@rustcorp.com.au> <25602.1196178204@lwn.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Rusty Russell , Andi Kleen , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sam@ravnborg.org, Roland Dreier To: Jonathan Corbet Return-path: Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:58012 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757006AbXK0QdZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:33:25 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <25602.1196178204@lwn.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 08:43:24AM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > Might the recent discussion on the exporting of sys_open() and > sys_read() be an example here? There would appear to be a consensus > that people should not have used those functions, but they are now > proving difficult to unexport. They're not. The exports aren't used anymore and could just go away any time.