* [PATCH 3/3] remove the tasklist_lock export
@ 2006-07-08 18:06 Christoph Hellwig
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From: Christoph Hellwig @ 2006-07-08 18:06 UTC (permalink / raw
To: akpm; +Cc: linux-kernel
As announced half a year ago this patch will remove the tasklist_lock
export. The previous two patches got rid of the remaining modular
users.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Index: linux-2.6/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 2006-07-08 19:10:02.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 2006-07-08 19:10:06.000000000 +0200
@@ -166,17 +166,6 @@
---------------------------
-What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(tasklist_lock)
-When: August 2006
-Files: kernel/fork.c
-Why: tasklist_lock protects the kernel internal task list. Modules have
- no business looking at it, and all instances in drivers have been due
- to use of too-lowlevel APIs. Having this symbol exported prevents
- moving to more scalable locking schemes for the task list.
-Who: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
-
----------------------------
-
What: mount/umount uevents
When: February 2007
Why: These events are not correct, and do not properly let userspace know
Index: linux-2.6/kernel/fork.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/fork.c 2006-07-08 19:10:02.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/fork.c 2006-07-08 19:10:06.000000000 +0200
@@ -61,9 +61,7 @@
DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, process_counts) = 0;
- __cacheline_aligned DEFINE_RWLOCK(tasklist_lock); /* outer */
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(tasklist_lock);
+__cacheline_aligned DEFINE_RWLOCK(tasklist_lock); /* outer */
int nr_processes(void)
{
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