Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One problem is that EXPORT_SYMBOL always creates a reference to the function > even when nothing uses it.
Exactly. This function is for use in something that can be compiled as a module, therefore this sort of thing is academic - unless we take away the ability of the aout binfmt to be built as a module. What's wrong, anyway, with inlining the function? David - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/