Re: [PATCH v1] libata: export ata_get_cmd_descript()

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Fri Dec 12 2014 - 12:36:27 EST


On Fri, 2014-12-12 at 20:25 +0300, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> Hello.
>
> On 12/12/2014 06:16 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>
> > The driver sata_dwc_460ex is using this symbol. To build it as a module we have
> > to have the symbol exported. This patch adds EXPORT_SYMBOL() macro for that.
>
> > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/ata/libata-eh.c | 1 +
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> > diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
> > index 3dbec89..74fef87 100644
> > --- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
> > +++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
> > @@ -2389,6 +2389,7 @@ const char *ata_get_cmd_descript(u8 command)
> >
> > return NULL;
> > }
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(ata_get_cmd_descript);
>
> Why not EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()?

Some of the symbols are exported in that way. I think better to wait the
maintainer to tell which is preferred there.

>
> MBR, Sergei
>


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Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
Intel Finland Oy

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