On Fri, 21 May 2010, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote:
> On Fre, 2010-05-21 at 12:48 +0200, Jason Nymble wrote:
> > On 21 May 2010, at 12:37 PM, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote:
> [...]
> > > Other than that the not-so-bright "idea": Send a patch to export
> > > saved_command_line (including a good reason to export it to modules) to
> > > LKML and see what people say to it.
> >
> > My feeling is if it hasn't been exported now, after existing for many
> > years, there is obviously no general need for it and such a patch will
> > probably not be accepted.
> First, you never know;-) Second, even if the patch is not accepted,
> you will get feedback (and probably hints). And the patch is pretty
> trivial too BTW (which makes is quite cheap).
OTOH, there's always a cost to exporting a symbol (admittedly small,
an entry in the symbol table) so you generally need at least a
minimally compelling reason to convince people it's a good idea. but,
as bernd points out, it's a trivial patch so maybe no one would
object.
rday
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