Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750723AbVKWMbV (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Nov 2005 07:31:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750743AbVKWMbV (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Nov 2005 07:31:21 -0500 Received: from mx1.netapp.com ([216.240.18.38]:65080 "EHLO mx1.netapp.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750723AbVKWMbU convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Nov 2005 07:31:20 -0500 X-IronPort-AV: i="3.97,364,1125903600"; d="scan'208"; a="268496617:sNHT19078104" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Subject: RE: [2.6 patch] net/sunrpc/xdr.c: remove xdr_decode_string() Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 04:31:14 -0800 Message-ID: <044B81DE141D7443BCE91E8F44B3C1E2013327DF@exsvl02.hq.netapp.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [2.6 patch] net/sunrpc/xdr.c: remove xdr_decode_string() Thread-Index: AcXvzKUhjuamXFI4TTuDsMLugDBwtgAXNY5A From: "Lever, Charles" To: "Adrian Bunk" Cc: "David Miller" , , , , , X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Nov 2005 12:31:14.0757 (UTC) FILETIME=[CB731750:01C5F029] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 881 Lines: 20 > On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 07:13:14AM -0700, Lever, Charles wrote: > > > actually, can we hold off on this change? the RPC > transport switch will > > eventually need most of those EXPORT_SYMBOLs. > > Am I right to assume this will happen in the foreseeable future? the first portion of the transport switch is in 2.6.15-rcX. at this point i'm expecting the EXPORT_SYMBOL changes to go in 2.6.17 or later. so i don't remember why you are removing xdr_decode_string. are we sure that no-one will need this functionality in the future? it is harmless to remove today, but i wonder if someone is just going to add it back sometime. - 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/