RE: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: base: memory: Export symbols for onliningmemory blocks

[KY Srinivasan]

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> From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 12:02 PM
> To: KY Srinivasan
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: base: memory: Export symbols for onlining
> memory blocks
> 
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 12:23:05PM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> > The current machinery for hot-adding memory requires having udev
> > rules to bring the memory segments online. Export the necessary functionality
> > to to bring the memory segment online without involving user space code.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/base/memory.c  |    5 ++++-
> >  include/linux/memory.h |    4 ++++
> >  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
> > index 2b7813e..a8204ac 100644
> > --- a/drivers/base/memory.c
> > +++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
> > @@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ static int
> __memory_block_change_state_uevent(struct memory_block *mem,
> >  	return ret;
> >  }
> >
> > -static int memory_block_change_state(struct memory_block *mem,
> > +int memory_block_change_state(struct memory_block *mem,
> >  		unsigned long to_state, unsigned long from_state_req,
> >  		int online_type)
> >  {
> > @@ -341,6 +341,8 @@ static int memory_block_change_state(struct
> memory_block *mem,
> >
> >  	return ret;
> >  }
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(memory_block_change_state);
> 
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() for all of these please.

Will do.
> 
> And as others have pointed out, I can't export symbols without a user of
> those symbols going into the tree at the same time.  So I'll drop this
> patch for now and wait for your consumer of these symbols to be
> submitted.

I will submit the consumer as well.

Thanks,

K. Y
 
> greg k-h
> 
> 



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