Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262903AbVDHSCK (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Apr 2005 14:02:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262904AbVDHSCJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Apr 2005 14:02:09 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:61888 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262903AbVDHSCH (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Apr 2005 14:02:07 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] restrict inter_module_* to its last users From: Arjan van de Ven To: Andrew Morton Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn?= Engel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org In-Reply-To: <20050408104826.3ca70fb4.akpm@osdl.org> References: <20050408170805.GE2292@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <20050408104826.3ca70fb4.akpm@osdl.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 20:01:59 +0200 Message-Id: <1112983320.6278.80.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 (2.0.4-2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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: 805 Lines: 19 On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 10:48 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > Jörn Engel wrote: > > > > Next step for inter_module removal. This patch makes the code > > conditional on its last users and shrinks the kernel binary for the > > huge majority of people. > > If we do this, nobody will get around to fixing up the remaining users. there is really only one, and how is this making it LESS likely? the stuff remains deprecated and spews warnings, just like it is now.... just that other mortals now also don't get the kernel bloat... - 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/