Re: [PATCH 2/2] linux: Make profil_counter a compat_symbol (BZ#17726)

[Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>]

* Carlos O'Donell:

> On 8/2/19 3:55 PM, Joseph Myers wrote:
>> On Fri, 2 Aug 2019, Adhemerval Zanella wrote:
>>
>>> So do you think we can remove them or should we keep them? I do think
>>> we should just remove these accidental bleeding symbols.
>>
>> I think there is a strong presumption in favour of keeping symbols that
>> were public in a (2.1 or later, i.e. after the introduction of symbol
>> versioning) release, in the absence of clear evidence that the symbol
>> would never have been usable.
>
> Agreed. Compat is safe enough.

I think Adhemerval's point is that it adds complexity because it
requires support in the tree, for all architecturs, for something that
would otherwise be unneeded.  If we can avoid that, it's a win for us.

Thanks,
Florian