Re: [2.6 patch] kernel/softirq.c: EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL



On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 01:34:22PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
This patch marks an unused export as EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx>

--- linux-2.6.17-mm4-full/kernel/softirq.c.old 2006-06-30 04:26:44.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.17-mm4-full/kernel/softirq.c 2006-06-30 04:27:03.000000000 +0200
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
softirq_vec[nr].action = action;
}

-EXPORT_SYMBOL(open_softirq);
+EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL(open_softirq); /* June 2006 */

This should just go away ASAP. softirq numbers are allocated statically
so no one can actually use it without patching the kernel.

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