Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261173AbVDDIWQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Apr 2005 04:22:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261174AbVDDIWQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Apr 2005 04:22:16 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:50115 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261173AbVDDIWL (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Apr 2005 04:22:11 -0400 Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] kernel/rcupdate.c: make the exports EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL From: Arjan van de Ven To: paulmck@us.ibm.com Cc: Adrian Bunk , Andrew Morton , Dipankar Sarma , Manfred Spraul , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20050403060200.GA1332@us.ibm.com> References: <20050327143454.GJ4285@stusta.de> <20050403060200.GA1332@us.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 10:18:24 +0200 Message-Id: <1112602705.6270.33.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 (2.0.4-2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 3.7 (+++) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 2.63 on pentafluge.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (3.7 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 1.1 RCVD_IN_DSBL RBL: Received via a relay in list.dsbl.org [] 2.5 RCVD_IN_DYNABLOCK RBL: Sent directly from dynamic IP address [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS RBL: SORBS: sender is listed in SORBS [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.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: 23 On Sat, 2005-04-02 at 22:02 -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > These need to be put back. Moving them to GPL -- but in a measured > manner, as I proposed on this list some months ago -- is fine. Changing > these particular exports precipitously is most definitely -not- fine. > Here is my earlier proposal: ok so there is no disagreement that these should become _GPL eventually, only about the "when". There is agreement also about the expectation that currently no binary module is using these. Personally I would then suggest removing them right now (as is done in -bk); the longer you wait the higher the chance of anyone out there starting to use them and giving/having a problem a year from now, while the current "damage" is expected to be zero. - 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/