Re: [PATCH] mark install_page static

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Tue Sep 07 2004 - 15:11:11 EST


On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 12:14:43PM -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:12:59 +0200 Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>
> | On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 06:09:29PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> | > On Maw, 2004-09-07 at 15:37, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> | > > Not used anywhere in modules and it really shouldn't either.
> | >
> | > Doesn't that happen (conveniently from some viewpoints Im sure) to break
> | > vmware ?
> |
> | It happens because Arjan & I wrote up some scripts to find dead exports.
>
> Can you put those at kernelnewbies.org or janitor.kernelnewbies.org ?

Keith Ownes 'namespacecheck' flags unused exported symbols as well.
And furthermore unused non-static definitions.

Present in -mm only atm.

Usage: make && make namespacecheck

Dependent on actual configuration so output should be read carefully.
Should be good on a make allmodconfig or make allyesconfig


Sam
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