# Re: \[PATCH v12 01/14\] unwind\_user: Add user space unwinding API

- From: Steven Rostedt \<rostedt@goodmis.org\>
- Date: 2025-07-07 19:49:56 
- List: linux-trace-kernel
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-trace-kernel/2025/07/3124357
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-trace-kernel/2025/07/3114813/t.md

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On Fri, 4 Jul 2025 14:20:54 -0400
Mathieu Desnoyers [ref] wrote:

> > None of the structures introduced will be exposed to user space tooling.  
> 
> Would it be possible to make those unwind APIs EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
> so they are available for GPL kernel modules ?

I'm OK with that, but others tend to complain about EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
for functions not used by modules in the kernel. But I personally feel
that LTTng should get an exception for that rule ;-)

-- Steve
```