On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 12:11:42PM -0800, Benny Halevy wrote: > Commit 4ea3ada2955e4519befa98ff55dd62d6dfbd1705 > declares d_obtain_alias() as EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL > where it's supposed to replace d_alloc_anon which > was previously declared as EXPORT_SYMBOL and thus > available to any loadable module. > > This patch reverts that, as discussed below: ACK. d_obtain_alias() makes sense as a general-purpose interface, period. As an aside, EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() is obnoxious shite anyway. If something is not a safe API, exporting it to default-quality 3rd-party code is bad and while GPL might be many things, it is not a magical "teach average programmer to find his arse without a map" pill. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
