Re: [BUG] [2.5.49] symbol_get doesn't work

[Rusty Lynch]

<snip>
> Hi Wang,
> 
> Thanks for the bug report, but I think you misunderstand.
> symbol_get() does not take a string, it takes an identifier.  This
> way, we can ensure the type is correct.  eg.
> 
> /* In header somewhere. */
> extern int their_integer;
> 
> ....
> int *ptr = symbol_get(their_integer);
> if (!ptr) ...
> 

I couldn't find a single file in the kernel that uses this.  What
would be the appropriate scenario for using this?  Is there
code in the kernel that is suppose to migrating to this?

    -rustyl