From: "Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>
To: "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: <rafael@kernel.org>, <driver-core@lists.linux.dev>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] sysfs: remove exports of sysfs_*change_owner()
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2026 14:15:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DG720VHFTHU8.1LCZHVE8KN2IW@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026020541-energize-graduate-981a@gregkh>
On Thu Feb 5, 2026 at 2:09 PM CET, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> Both sysfs_change_owner() and sysfs_file_change_owner() are exported to
> modules, but there are no in-kernel module users, so remove the exports
> so that crazy out-of-tree drivers don't get the impression that it is
> safe to call these functions at all.
>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-05 13:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-05 13:09 [PATCH 1/2] sysfs: remove exports of sysfs_*change_owner() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-05 13:09 ` [PATCH 2/2] driver core: remove device_change_owner() export Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-05 13:15 ` Danilo Krummrich
2026-02-05 13:39 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-02-05 13:15 ` Danilo Krummrich [this message]
2026-02-05 13:38 ` [PATCH 1/2] sysfs: remove exports of sysfs_*change_owner() Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-02-05 14:35 ` Lee Jones
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