EXPORT_SYMBOL and rebinding functions

[Greg KH]

A: No.
Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?

http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top

On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 10:10:16PM -0700, Peter Tosh wrote:
> It's currently being done in a user space application which I am porting
> to a kernel module. Is there some other way of accomplishing the same
> thing safely?

Again, what is such a thing being done _for_?

Why are they doing this?

And why would a userspace program need to be ported to the kernel?  What
type of application is this?  What does it do?  Any pointers to the
source to take a look at it?

thanks,

greg k-h