Re: [PATCH -next] rcu-tasks: fix a modpost warning for rcu_tasks_rude_wait_gp

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Fri Mar 13 2020 - 09:49:49 EST


On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 07:38:10PM +0800, Qiujun Huang wrote:
> Found by gcc:
> WARNING: modpost: "rcu_tasks_rude_wait_gp" [vmlinux] is a static
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
>
> Signed-off-by: Qiujun Huang <hqjagain@xxxxxxxxx>

Good eyes, thank you!

However, the fix is instead to remove the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(). I will
squash the removal of this line into a04838a348a9 ("rcu-tasks: Add an
RCU-tasks rude variant"), crediting you with catching this bug.

Again, thank you!

Thanx, Paul

> ---
> kernel/rcu/tasks.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
> index cd071b5d4274..04d3c583a9fc 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
> @@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ static void rcu_tasks_be_rude(struct work_struct *work)
> }
>
> // Wait for one rude RCU-tasks grace period.
> -static void rcu_tasks_rude_wait_gp(struct rcu_tasks *rtp)
> +void rcu_tasks_rude_wait_gp(struct rcu_tasks *rtp)
> {
> schedule_on_each_cpu(rcu_tasks_be_rude);
> }
> --
> 2.17.1
>