Re: does CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS have any value anymore?

[Stefan Richter]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
...
> it's not clear if that means that it was a *one-time* transition
> aid which is now unnecessary, or whether it's an *ongoing* aid which
> might be used at any time.  currently, there are no invocations of
> EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL[_GPL] anywhere in the tree.  so does that mean
> this feature can be tossed?  or might it still be used every so often?

git-blame (or qgit, which I actually used) points from this part of
lib/Kconfig.debug to the following chunk in
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt:

What:	Unused EXPORT_SYMBOL/EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL exports
	(temporary transition config option provided until then)
	The transition config option will also be removed at the same time.
When:	before 2.6.19
Why:	Unused symbols are both increasing the size of the kernel binary
	and are often a sign of "wrong API"
Who:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Stefan Richter
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