Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758292AbZGCRJw (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:09:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757724AbZGCRJo (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:09:44 -0400 Received: from casper.infradead.org ([85.118.1.10]:43102 "EHLO casper.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752213AbZGCRJo (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:09:44 -0400 Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:12:46 -0700 From: Arjan van de Ven To: Jaswinder Singh Rajput Cc: LKML Subject: Re: Reminder for feature Unused EXPORT_SYMBOL/EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL exports removal date before 2.6.19 Nov 2006 Message-ID: <20090702231246.1a144b61@infradead.org> In-Reply-To: <1246586623.2530.6.camel@jaswinder.satnam> References: <1246586623.2530.6.camel@jaswinder.satnam> Organization: Intel X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.1 (GTK+ 2.14.7; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by casper.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1219 Lines: 40 On Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:33:43 +0530 Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote: > Hello Arjan, > > What: Unused EXPORT_SYMBOL/EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL exports > (temporary transition config option provided until then) > The transition config option will also be removed at the same > time. When: before 2.6.19 > Why: Unused symbols are both increasing the size of the kernel > binary and are often a sign of "wrong API" > Who: Arjan van de Ven > > If you are facing any issue regarding feature removal kindly update > the "Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt" like what you are > waiting for. > > Thanks, > -- > JSR > > http://userweb.kernel.org/~jaswinder/ > ?? what are you suggesting? unused symbols are getting marked and later approved as appropriate... -- Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org -- 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/