From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@marvell.com>,
netdev-bot+sashiko@kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net,
gakula@marvell.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, sgoutham@marvell.com,
andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, edumazet@google.com, pabeni@redhat.com,
sbhatta@marvell.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] octeontx2-af: nix: Export CN10K admin queue enqueue mbox handler
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 23:44:31 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <arYYTw8l90VNnKal@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260921150241.10a47c1f@kernel.org>
On Mon, Sep 21, 2026 at 03:02:41PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:03:10 +0530 Ratheesh Kannoth wrote:
> > > - [High] New EXPORT_SYMBOL() with no in-tree consumer:
> > > `EXPORT_SYMBOL(rvu_mbox_handler_nix_cn10k_aq_enq)` is added in…
> > Can i post this patch to net-next as consumer is out of tree ?
>
> No, we don't carry exports for OOT code upstream.
Btw, someone really should do an audit of all the octeontx2
exports. There is a lot of them, they are non-GPL and non-namespaces
which is a bit of a red flag.
Similar the drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/prestera is really weirdly
split into two drivers for no reason at all.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-25 6:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-15 7:23 [PATCH net] octeontx2-af: nix: Export CN10K admin queue enqueue mbox handler Ratheesh Kannoth
2026-09-18 7:26 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-18 7:33 ` Ratheesh Kannoth
2026-09-21 22:02 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-25 6:44 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
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