Re: Where did vm_operations_struct->unmap in 2.4.0 go?

[Russell King]

David Woodhouse writes:
> We don't need to overdesign it. get_module_symbol() basically provided
> this for us. The only thing really wrong with it was the lack of use
> count handling, which I fixed a while ago.

And the fact that it doesn't work if you turn module support off, which
you'd want to do on an embedded kernel.  Unfortunately, this is one of
the times when you do want the MTD stuff.  You either have to put up
with no MTD support, write your own, or put up with the extra space of
module symbols.

Therefore, get_module_symbol() as it stood was the wrong interface to
use, and I completely agree with Keiths decision to remove it.  However,
I'm not sure that the inter_* stuff that replaced it is much better for
the reasons David has highlighted previously wrt link ordering.
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