# \[PATCH 3/3\] Cleanup direct calls into IP stack

- From: Ralf Baechle DL5RB \<hidden\>
- Date: 2005-08-24 17:17:12 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2005/08/10755071

```text
With ip_rcv nowhere outside the IP stack being used anymore it's
EXPORT_SYMBOL is not needed any longer either.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle DL5RB <redacted>

 net/ipv4/ip_input.c |    1 -
 1 files changed, 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-cvs/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
===================================================================
--- linux-cvs.orig/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
+++ linux-cvs/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
@@ -428,5 +428,4 @@ out:
         return NET_RX_DROP;
 }
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ip_rcv);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ip_statistics);
```