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SubjectRe: [PATCH V2] VFIO driver: Non-privileged user level PCI drivers
On 06/11/2010 04:58 AM, Tom Lyon wrote:
> On Thursday 10 June 2010 10:27:36 am Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
>
>>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(uiommu_fdget);
>>>
>> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
>> .. snip
>>
>>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(uiommu_put);
>>>
>> ditto.
>>
>>
> Is there a definitive explanation somewhere of when to use each?
>

Always use _GPL unless you have a defensible reason why you shouldn't.
The kernel's license if GPL, exporting a symbol without GPL can be seen
as adding an exception to the license.

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signature is too narrow to contain.



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