Re: exporting open_namei to modules

[Alexander Viro]

On Sat, 13 Oct 2001, Etay Meiri wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Is there a particular reason why open_namei() is
> not exported to modules?

	Is there any reason for exporting it?  By default, stuff is _NOT_
exported.  Think for a moment and you'll see why.  Exported functions are
public API.  Protection is weaker than for syscalls, but it's there and
exporting a function makes harder to do changes in core kernel.  Unless
there are damn serious reasons for exporting something, it isn't done.

	In particular, open_namei() is a helper function of filp_open(),
which _is_ exported.  What use of open_namei() do you have in mind?