Re: [PATCH 2/2] clk: fixed-rate: Remove export symbol on setup function

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Tue Aug 16 2016 - 08:24:53 EST


Hi Stephen,

On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 3:50 AM, Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This function is only called by builtin code, but we always
> exported it and had marked it as __init before commit
> e4eda8e0654c (clk: remove exported function from __init section,
> 2013-01-06) removed that marking. Given that it isn't used by
> modules, lets unexport it and add back __init.
>
> Cc: Denis Efremov <yefremov.denis@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/clk/clk-fixed-rate.c | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk-fixed-rate.c b/drivers/clk/clk-fixed-rate.c
> index c735272ed706..b5c46b3f8764 100644
> --- a/drivers/clk/clk-fixed-rate.c
> +++ b/drivers/clk/clk-fixed-rate.c
> @@ -190,11 +190,10 @@ static struct clk *_of_fixed_clk_setup(struct device_node *node)
> /**
> * of_fixed_clk_setup() - Setup function for simple fixed rate clock
> */
> -void of_fixed_clk_setup(struct device_node *node)
> +void __init of_fixed_clk_setup(struct device_node *node)
> {
> _of_fixed_clk_setup(node);
> }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_fixed_clk_setup);
> CLK_OF_DECLARE(fixed_clk, "fixed-clock", of_fixed_clk_setup);

This function is needed to instantiate clocks from DT overlays,
which I'm using with out-of-tree "clk: add generic driver for fixed rate clock".

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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