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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86/mm: Export cpu_tlbstate as non-GPL symbol
On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 11:51 AM, James Forcier <csssuf@csssuf.net> wrote:
> Exporting cpu_tlbstate as a GPL symbol was introduced in 1e02ce4c; however, this
> breaks non-GPL modules which need to link against it, particularly the AMD
> Catalyst drivers.

What is AMD Catalyst doing with cpu_tlbstate?

--Andy

>
> Signed-off-by: James Forcier <csssuf@csssuf.net>
> ---
> arch/x86/mm/init.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init.c b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
> index 1d8a83d..94be56b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/init.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
> @@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(struct tlb_state, cpu_tlbstate) = {
> #endif
> .cr4 = ~0UL, /* fail hard if we screw up cr4 shadow initialization */
> };
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_tlbstate);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpu_tlbstate);
>
> void update_cache_mode_entry(unsigned entry, enum page_cache_mode cache)
> {
> --
> 2.4.6
>



--
Andy Lutomirski
AMA Capital Management, LLC


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