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From: Andi Kleen <andi@...>

To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@...>

Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@...>, Andi Kleen <ak@...>, <netdev@...>, <linux-kernel@...>, <sam@...>, Roland Dreier <rdreier@...>

Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and intro.

Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 11:58 am

On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 08:43:24AM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
quoted text> Rusty said:
> 
> > Well, introduce an EXPORT_SYMBOL_INTERNAL().  It's a lot less code.  But you'd 
> > still need to show that people are having trouble knowing what APIs to use.
> 
> Might the recent discussion on the exporting of sys_open() and
> sys_read() be an example here?  There would appear to be a consensus
> that people should not have used those functions, but they are now
> proving difficult to unexport.

That is a good example yes.

quoted text> Perhaps the best use of the namespace stuff might be for *future*
> exports which are needed to help make the mainline kernel fully modular,
> but which are not meant to be part of a more widely-used API?

Not sure about future only, but yes that is its intention.
Thanks for putting it clearly.

-Andi
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[PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and int..., Andi Kleen, (Wed Nov 21, 10:43 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Arnd Bergmann, (Thu Nov 29, 5:55 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Thu Nov 29, 6:00 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Arnd Bergmann, (Thu Nov 29, 6:21 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Roland Dreier, (Sun Nov 25, 4:27 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rusty Russell, (Sun Nov 25, 9:28 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Stephen Hemminger, (Mon Nov 26, 2:25 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Arjan van de Ven, (Thu Nov 29, 12:53 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rusty Russell, (Thu Nov 29, 10:18 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Dave Jones, (Tue Nov 27, 3:00 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Adrian Bunk, (Tue Nov 27, 5:09 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., , (Tue Nov 27, 7:00 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Dave Jones, (Tue Nov 27, 5:25 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rick Jones, (Tue Nov 27, 5:15 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Adrian Bunk, (Tue Nov 27, 5:38 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rick Jones, (Tue Nov 27, 10:01 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Roland Dreier, (Mon Nov 26, 6:18 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Roland Dreier, (Mon Nov 26, 2:15 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rusty Russell, (Tue Nov 27, 12:49 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Jon Masters, (Tue Nov 27, 6:31 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Tue Nov 27, 6:37 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Stephen Hemminger, (Tue Nov 27, 7:00 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Tue Nov 27, 7:06 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Adrian Bunk, (Wed Nov 28, 12:48 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Wed Nov 28, 1:31 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Jonathan Corbet, (Tue Nov 27, 11:43 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Christoph Hellwig, (Tue Nov 27, 12:33 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Tue Nov 27, 11:58 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Tom Tucker, (Tue Nov 27, 1:35 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rusty Russell, (Tue Nov 27, 9:27 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Tom Tucker, (Wed Nov 28, 12:12 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Adrian Bunk, (Tue Nov 27, 1:15 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Tom Tucker, (Tue Nov 27, 1:45 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Adrian Bunk, (Tue Nov 27, 2:59 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Tue Nov 27, 5:02 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Adrian Bunk, (Tue Nov 27, 1:24 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, (Thu Nov 22, 8:01 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Thu Nov 22, 2:17 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Christoph Hellwig, (Thu Nov 22, 7:06 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Thu Nov 22, 7:54 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Christoph Hellwig, (Thu Nov 22, 8:03 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rusty Russell, (Wed Nov 21, 11:56 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Thu Nov 22, 7:46 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rusty Russell, (Thu Nov 22, 8:29 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Roland Dreier, (Sun Nov 25, 4:29 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rusty Russell, (Sun Nov 25, 9:25 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Roland Dreier, (Mon Nov 26, 1:58 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rusty Russell, (Tue Nov 27, 12:26 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Tue Nov 27, 6:50 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rusty Russell, (Tue Nov 27, 9:34 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Herbert Xu, (Tue Nov 27, 9:58 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Tue Nov 27, 10:12 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., , (Tue Nov 27, 4:02 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Herbert Xu, (Tue Nov 27, 10:36 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Christoph Hellwig, (Thu Nov 22, 7:05 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rusty Russell, (Thu Nov 22, 8:25 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Thu Nov 22, 9:36 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rusty Russell, (Thu Nov 22, 11:35 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Fri Nov 23, 3:53 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rusty Russell, (Sat Nov 24, 12:53 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Sat Nov 24, 8:39 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rusty Russell, (Sun Nov 25, 9:23 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Dave Young, (Thu Nov 22, 4:41 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Thu Nov 22, 2:19 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Dave Young, (Thu Nov 22, 10:06 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Dave Jones, (Wed Nov 21, 11:52 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Arjan van de Ven, (Wed Nov 21, 11:03 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Wed Nov 21, 11:37 pm)

[PATCH RFC] [7/9] Convert TCP exports into namespaces, Andi Kleen, (Wed Nov 21, 10:43 pm)

[PATCH RFC] [8/9] Put UDP exports into a namespace, Andi Kleen, (Wed Nov 21, 10:43 pm)

[PATCH RFC] [9/9] Add a inet namespace, Andi Kleen, (Wed Nov 21, 10:43 pm)

[PATCH RFC] [6/9] Implement namespace checking in modpost, Andi Kleen, (Wed Nov 21, 10:43 pm)

[PATCH RFC] [4/9] modpost: Fix format string warnings, Andi Kleen, (Wed Nov 21, 10:43 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [4/9] modpost: Fix format string warnings, Sam Ravnborg, (Mon Dec 10, 2:50 pm)

[PATCH RFC] [5/9] modpost: Fix a buffer overflow in modpost, Andi Kleen, (Wed Nov 21, 10:43 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [5/9] modpost: Fix a buffer overflow in modp..., Sam Ravnborg, (Mon Dec 10, 3:32 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [5/9] modpost: Fix a buffer overflow in modp..., Andi Kleen, (Mon Dec 10, 3:57 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [5/9] modpost: Fix a buffer overflow in modp..., Sam Ravnborg, (Mon Dec 10, 4:07 pm)

[PATCH RFC] [3/9] modpost: Declare the modpost error functio..., Andi Kleen, (Wed Nov 21, 10:43 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [3/9] modpost: Declare the modpost error fun..., Sam Ravnborg, (Mon Dec 10, 2:50 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [3/9] modpost: Declare the modpost error fun..., Rusty Russell, (Tue Dec 11, 9:37 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [3/9] modpost: Declare the modpost error fun..., Andi Kleen, (Mon Dec 10, 2:58 pm)

[PATCH RFC] [2/9] Fix duplicate symbol check to also check f..., Andi Kleen, (Wed Nov 21, 10:43 pm)

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