> On Dec 28, 2018, at 10:14 AM, Mathew, Cherry G. <[email protected]> wrote: > > ic, this probably explains why it's used sparingly so far. Thanks for the > explanation. I'll try to educate myself on this wrt enabling this for modload.
We use weak symbols all over the place in user space. It's just that the kernel-resident linker doesn't support them (yet?), so we can't use them for symbols that are part of the ABI exposed to modules. > The other option for me is a bunch of ugly #ifdefs , which I'm trying to > minimise. Reducing #ifdefs is a laudable goal. -- thorpej
