Re: [PATCH] dma-buf: move dma-buf symbols into the DMA_BUF module namespace

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Sun Oct 10 2021 - 08:41:21 EST


On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 12:08:45PM +0200, Christian König wrote:
> Am 25.09.21 um 15:47 schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman:
> > In order to better track where in the kernel the dma-buf code is used,
> > put the symbols in the namespace DMA_BUF and modify all users of the
> > symbols to properly import the namespace to not break the build at the
> > same time.
> >
> > Now the output of modinfo shows the use of these symbols, making it
> > easier to watch for users over time:
> >
> > $ modinfo drivers/misc/fastrpc.ko | grep import
> > import_ns: DMA_BUF
> >
> > Cc: Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: "Christian König" <christian.koenig@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: "Pan, Xinhui" <Xinhui.Pan@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: David Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel@xxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Maxime Ripard <mripard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Acked-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@xxxxxxx>

Thanks for the ack.

greg k-h