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Subject: Re: Problems using EXPORT_SYMBOL with lib/flex_array
From: Alex Bennee <kernel-hacker@bennee.com>
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On 1 December 2010 12:05, Alex Bennee <kernel-hacker@bennee.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to be able to use the flex_array functions in my module so I
> wanted to EXPORT_SYMBOL the API.
> <snip>
> Am I being a
> little dim or is there some other magic foo that needs doing to add an
> export to a library function?

It turns out for library code there is. If the .o is only included in
the lib-y section then it will never get scanned for exported kernel
symbols. Tweaking the lib/Makefile so obj-y included flex_array.o did
the trick.

I'm unsure if this behaviour is what is wanted?

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