Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267330AbUJWLRe (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Oct 2004 07:17:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267341AbUJWLRe (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Oct 2004 07:17:34 -0400 Received: from dialup-4.246.12.161.Dial1.SanJose1.Level3.net ([4.246.12.161]:33664 "EHLO nofear.bounceme.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267330AbUJWLRc (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Oct 2004 07:17:32 -0400 Message-ID: <417A3DD6.1030902@syphir.sytes.net> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 04:17:42 -0700 From: "C.Y.M" Reply-To: syphir@syphir.sytes.net Organization: CooLNeT User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (Windows/20040913) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linux-Kernel Subject: Re: Unknown symbol kill_proc_info in 2.6.10-rc1 References: <417A2292.9090008@syphir.sytes.net> <20041023095714.GD30137@infradead.org> <417A2CBF.9060805@syphir.sytes.net> <20041023102203.GB30449@infradead.org> In-Reply-To: <20041023102203.GB30449@infradead.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1362 Lines: 39 Christoph Hellwig wrote: > 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. > I have been using the lufs module in combination with autofs to be able to automount ftp sites on the fly. But, if lufs is broken due to the lack of the "kill_proc_info" symbol being available, perhaps I will just remove lufs and find another way (or wait until there is some kind of patch for lufs). - 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/