Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 5 Jan 2015 11:21:45 -0500 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v1] libata: export ata_get_cmd_descript() |
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On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 07:35:47PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Fri, 2014-12-12 at 20:25 +0300, Sergei Shtylyov wrote: > > Hello. > > > > On 12/12/2014 06:16 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > > > > The driver sata_dwc_460ex is using this symbol. To build it as a module we have > > > to have the symbol exported. This patch adds EXPORT_SYMBOL() macro for that. > > > > > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> > > > --- > > > drivers/ata/libata-eh.c | 1 + > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c > > > index 3dbec89..74fef87 100644 > > > --- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c > > > +++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c > > > @@ -2389,6 +2389,7 @@ const char *ata_get_cmd_descript(u8 command) > > > > > > return NULL; > > > } > > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(ata_get_cmd_descript); > > > > Why not EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()? > > Some of the symbols are exported in that way. I think better to wait the > maintainer to tell which is preferred there.
I don't really care. As the sole user is an in-kernel module, I'm gonna append _GPL for now.
Thanks.
-- tejun
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