Hi kashish, On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 5:18 AM, kashish bhatia <koolest77@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello All, > I want to export a function named ext2_free_data() which is present in > inode.c . > This function is statically defined in this file. I omit the "static" > keyword and exported it > using EXPORT_SYMBOL(ext2_free_data). > ext2_free_data() function declaration is not present in any header file , so > I included its > declaration in my own header file which I kept in fs/ext2 directory. So generally speaking, functions that are declared static were done that way for a reason. > Now when I insert my module using insmod command ,it shows a error : Unknown > symbol in module. Did you rebuild the kernel as well? The kernel where the exported symbol comes from must be rebuilt and you must load using that kernel. Dave Hylands _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
