On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 01:04:31PM +0200, Jiri Kosina wrote: > From: Jiri Kosina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > remove GPL restriction from set_dumpable() > > Commit 6c5d5238 introduced a set_dumpable() function that replaced the > direct access to mm_struct->dumpable. I don't think there is any reason to > restrict this function to EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() -- previously any module > could modify current->mm->dumpable without any resitrictions, so it makes > a little sense to turn this into 'internal interface' at once. > > There in fact are 3rd party modules that modify the dumpable flag, and > this patch should fix the situation for them once again (for example > vmware).
Nack, the just shouldn't do such things at all. I start to get really sick of patches adding random exports everywhere. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

