EXPORT_* macros are used to export the kernel symbols (functions, data structures) to the outside world viz. modules. So, these macros are logically tied with the kernel module infrastructure. Regards, - Ratnadeep On 9/10/07, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > it occurred to me as i was perusing some of the source files that > some of those files were including module.h for no other reason than > to have access to the EXPORT_* macros. but why are those macros in > module.h? > > they're not tied specifically to modules. for example, the file > kernel/mutex.c can't possibly be selected to be a module, and yet it > has to include that header file. > > wouldn't it make more sense to have the EXPORT and symbol stuff in, > perhaps, kernel.h? or some other, lower-level header file that would > remove the need for including module.h in a file that has absolutely > nothing to do with modules? > > rday > > -- > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day > Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry > Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA > > http://crashcourse.ca > ======================================================================== > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
