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

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Mon Jan 05 2015 - 11:21:54 EST


On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 07:35:47PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> 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.

I don't really care. As the sole user is an in-kernel module, I'm
gonna append _GPL for now.

Thanks.

--
tejun
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