From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 82B1D38BF93; Thu, 5 Feb 2026 13:15:36 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1770297336; cv=none; b=nRsuROHybDIvmItFnlvSjNXQd6y/EbG1F1BptY/9YIBoECnpBRcUaU/nKhavEkIeVFQJcF6fGrZT7jy9gJ3B358PsxWlZPW6Zjn82oD1PFdUpblLSQ2RWFzhgsmxuRuJPdtaxmkIKkNxFx7Xc9pt5nZgg7tHnN0hHrj5A5whG+4= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1770297336; c=relaxed/simple; bh=xyPsHBDXNELvRtj41vPaS2+W1D3zQB/qdQNUClTT3mw=; h=Mime-Version:Content-Type:Date:Message-Id:Subject:Cc:To:From: References:In-Reply-To; b=RIpYV1JmbklmikShVeHlXmIW4KqbIfvxfWAaJhQE5ILXApeR+OM0Dlahu90POZeomd0NAgVUBuFIP7bAi75Sc8qPB61Nv3+CxFbWUYNJs0DMlo4NAnfU9Qyn/WbVJzvrbE586r7T61GmZ2al5UtrXxU2TeAWbfWGGFcMkjVcwXU= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=ANMV9Mgi; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="ANMV9Mgi" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8276DC4CEF7; Thu, 5 Feb 2026 13:15:35 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1770297336; bh=xyPsHBDXNELvRtj41vPaS2+W1D3zQB/qdQNUClTT3mw=; h=Date:Subject:Cc:To:From:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=ANMV9Mgip1DPNQLL61Q8mKTXpXXOUvMuDvbYcRGLVe4UymnMfj4O2LruQ+QbyIZIg 3jfO2L4Axl2T/I6JZjTr0qhGjUok6sZXN5uG0J5cej9vsbhEBIgL3WniZcRrLno+Y/ c8g/lb83SciVO1ZjSX16ophYhJ08Hh+fytF2e4z1kRKogmBHwq6K8MmeUK2gehO8fo pTPiHmq1OnLCYDA5gdOVCIMwLYvQt6ags7ofPs3g4NXw28B1AgI5wymeyPCzfEU65D 1S6I4yiuKveWOIW1cA9JZE7cKsOnbyWA2IqarvM7vOoS/eq2+t5+FcTciFUhxa50nS p/Hw7DDQGc8Zg== Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: driver-core@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2026 14:15:33 +0100 Message-Id: Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] driver core: remove device_change_owner() export Cc: , , To: "Greg Kroah-Hartman" From: "Danilo Krummrich" References: <2026020541-energize-graduate-981a@gregkh> <2026020543-molar-childcare-af20@gregkh> In-Reply-To: <2026020543-molar-childcare-af20@gregkh> On Thu Feb 5, 2026 at 2:09 PM CET, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > The function, device_change_owner() is exported for modules to use, > but there are no in-kernel users of it, so remove the export to prevent > out-of-tree code from thinking this is a safe function to call. > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich