Re: A relay fork module

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On Tue, 2005-01-18 at 15:39 +0100, Guillaume Thouvenin wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-01-18 at 13:27 +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: 
> > On Tue, 2005-01-18 at 11:32 +0100, Guillaume Thouvenin wrote:
> > > }
> > > 
> > > EXPORT_SYMBOL(trace_fork)
> > 
> > sounds like you want to make this EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL...
> 
> As far as I can understand, if EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL is used, you can only
> use the exported symbol with a GPL tainted module. As my module is
> release under GPL it is not a problem and if it's better I can change
> this. 
> 
> Personally, I have no objection if this hook is used by a module that is
> not release under GPL that's why I just use EXPORT_SYMBOL().

but the people who wrote fork, and who's code you expose might....



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