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Re: [Xen-devel] Xen & OpenMosix

To: Nick Couchman <Nick.Couchman@xxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen & OpenMosix
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:00:12 +0100
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On 16/10/2009 17:59, "Nick Couchman" <Nick.Couchman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> So, I'm wondering a couple of things:
> - Is there a reason why do_signal is marked static, and so cannot be shared
> with other source files?
> - What are the ramifications of removing static from that function definition
> in order to make it usable in the openMOSIX code?  I'm assuming there was a
> good reason for making it static, and I'd like to verify that removing it as
> part of applying the OM code isn't going to cause problems.

I wouldn't be surprised if it's been made static in >2.6.18 because it turns
out not to be called outside signal.c. I suggest you just make it non-static
again and see how you get on. It'll probably be fine!

 -- Keir



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