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    SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and intro.
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    On Thursday 22 November 2007 22:46:23 Andi Kleen wrote:
    > On Thursday 22 November 2007 04:56, Rusty Russell wrote:
    > > This is an interesting idea, thanks for the code! My only question
    > > is whether we can get most of this benefit by dropping the indirection of
    > > namespaces and have something like "EXPORT_SYMBOL_TO(sym, modname)"? It
    > > doesn't work so well for exporting to a group of modules, but that seems
    > > a reasonable line to draw anyway.
    >
    > That would explode quickly already even for my example "inet" namespace.
    > It already has several modules. I don't think so much duplication would be
    > a good idea.

    Yes, and if a symbol is already used by multiple modules, it's generically
    useful. And if so, why restrict it to in-tree modules?

    If your real intent is to bias against out-of-tree modules, let's just
    generate a list of in-tree module names, and restrict some or all exports to
    that set.

    Rusty.
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