[PATCH] unexported flush_tlb in 2.6 ppc64 kernel

[Anil Kumar Prasad]

> > I was trying to get my 2.4 module code working on
> 2.6
> > ppc64 (2.6.5-7.97 SLES9). It seems tlb_flush
> routines
> > are no longer exported for module usage. Same is
> the
> > case with 2.6.8
> > ppc64 kernel.
> > 
> > I could see tlb_flush routines still exported on
> all
> > other  platforms. Is there any reason for
> un-exporting
> > it on ppc64?
> 
> I cant think of a reason, but the code is new so we
> probably havent seen
> this issue yet.
> 
> Could you send me a patch which adds the exports? On
> 2.6 you can put the
> EXPORT_SYMBOL right next to where the thing is
> defined.

Attached is the patch. 
I had to #define tlb_flush_pending to
__tlb_flush_pending and merge tlb_flush_pending few
lines body with __tlb_flush_pending. As exporting per
cpu tlb_batch data didn't make sense to me.

Thanks,
Anil.


		
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