Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266505AbUJWKXa (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Oct 2004 06:23:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266473AbUJWKWg (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Oct 2004 06:22:36 -0400 Received: from phoenix.infradead.org ([81.187.226.98]:37387 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266498AbUJWKWH (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Oct 2004 06:22:07 -0400 Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 11:22:03 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: "C.Y.M" Cc: Linux-Kernel Subject: Re: Unknown symbol kill_proc_info in 2.6.10-rc1 Message-ID: <20041023102203.GB30449@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , "C.Y.M" , Linux-Kernel References: <417A2292.9090008@syphir.sytes.net> <20041023095714.GD30137@infradead.org> <417A2CBF.9060805@syphir.sytes.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <417A2CBF.9060805@syphir.sytes.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by phoenix.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1003 Lines: 25 On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 03:04:47AM -0700, C.Y.M wrote: > Christoph Hellwig wrote: > >On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 02:21:22AM -0700, C.Y.M wrote: > > > >>After building 2.6.10-rc1, i was unable to load my "lufs" module due to > >>an unknown symbol error (kill_proc_info). When I examined the > >>2.6.10-rc1 patch, I noticed that "EXPORT_SYMBOL(kill_proc_info);" was > >>removed from signal.c. With the following patch, I was able to resolve > >>my problem, but I am not sure if this is the correct method. Is there a > >>reason why the kill_proc_info symbol is no longer exported? > > > > > >Because it's not an API you should be using. > > > > > Is there an alternative? Maybe you could explain what you're actually trying to do at a higher level first. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/