<div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Mulyadi Santosa <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mulyadi.santosa@gmail.com" target="_blank">mulyadi.santosa@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 3:13 AM, horseriver <<a href="mailto:horserivers@gmail.com">horserivers@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> hi:)<br>
><br>
> In kernel code ,what is the use of EXPORT_SYMBOL()?<br>
> Does it export a function to user application ,<br>
> so this function can be used in user application ?<br>
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</div>So it can be used by kernel modules.<br>
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Think of it like "public" keyword in C++.<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br>And you're allowed to use it in Kernel modules too? I mean I can expose a function in a kernel module that I am building by using EXPORT_SYMBOL?</div></div>