[PATCH] put a comment at register_die_notifier that the export is used

{un}register_die_notifier() is used by kdb... document this so that future
"remove dead export" rounds can skip this export.

Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c b/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
index 2bf8b55..5cfd4f4 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ int register_die_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
        vmalloc_sync_all();
        return atomic_notifier_chain_register(&i386die_chain, nb);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_die_notifier);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_die_notifier); /* used modular by kdb */
 
 int unregister_die_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
 {
        return atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&i386die_chain, nb);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_die_notifier);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_die_notifier); /* used modular by kdb */
 
 static inline int valid_stack_ptr(struct thread_info *tinfo, void *p)
 {

diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c
index 79d05c4..eb39a27 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ int register_die_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
        vmalloc_sync_all();
        return atomic_notifier_chain_register(&die_chain, nb);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_die_notifier);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_die_notifier); /* used modular by kdb */
 
 int unregister_die_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
 {
        return atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&die_chain, nb);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_die_notifier);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_die_notifier); /* used modular by kdb */
 
 static inline void conditional_sti(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {