Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 18 Dec 2014 23:42:03 +0100 (CET) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] genirq: fix symbol export for __irq_set_affinity |
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On Thu, 18 Dec 2014, Jesse Brandeburg wrote:
> The function __irq_set_affinity is referenced by interrupt.h > with static inlines, but if you try to use one of the inlines > in interrupt.h (for instance to call irq_set_affinity) then > compile fails due to a missing symbol, when building modules. > > Enabling this function means that kernel drivers can include > an initial affinity setting for the interrupt, instead of all > interrupts starting out life on CPU0. It seems to have just > been an oversight that it was not included. > > This function and the helpers that call it from interrupt.h were > already in the kernel API, but if used would then fail to compile > due to the lack of an export even though already defined via extern.
And why needs this to be called from modules? Just because or is there a legitimate reason? IOW, you forgot to describe the actual usecase.
Thanks,
tglx
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