Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:56:01 +0300 | From | Avi Kivity <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH V2] VFIO driver: Non-privileged user level PCI drivers |
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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.
-- I have a truly marvellous patch that fixes the bug which this signature is too narrow to contain.
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