Re: [PATCH] proc_lookup not exported

Alexander Viro (viro@math.psu.edu)
Tue, 17 Apr 2001 20:43:32 -0400 (EDT)


On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Jeff Golds wrote:

> Hi folks.
>
> I noticed that proc_lookup is not exported in fs/proc/procfs_syms.c but
> that the function is an external in include/linux/proc_fs.h.

Not every public function needs to be exported. proc_lookup() is
shared between different files in fs/proc/, so it can't be made
static. However, it got no business being used outside of the
fs/proc and it certainly shouldn't be used in modules.

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