From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 10/10] RFC: usb-storage: export symbols in USB_STORAGE namespace Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 14:47:08 +0200 Message-ID: <20190813124708.GC12475@kroah.com> References: <20180716122125.175792-1-maco@android.com> <20190813121733.52480-1-maennich@google.com> <20190813121733.52480-11-maennich@google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190813121733.52480-11-maennich@google.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Matthias Maennich Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, maco@android.com, kernel-team@android.com, arnd@arndb.de, geert@linux-m68k.org, hpa@zytor.com, jeyu@kernel.org, joel@joelfernandes.org, kstewart@linuxfoundation.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org, linux-modules@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com, maco@google.com, michal.lkml@markovi.net, mingo@redhat.com, oneukum@suse.com, pombredanne@nexb.com, sam@ravnborg.org, sboyd@codeaurora.org, sspatil@google.com, stern@rowland.harvard.edu, tglx@linutronix.de, usb-storage@lists.one-eyed-alien.net, x86@kernel.org, yamada.masahiro@socionext.com List-Id: linux-arch.vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 01:17:07PM +0100, Matthias Maennich wrote: > Modules using these symbols are required to explicitly import the > namespace. This patch was generated with the following steps and serves > as a reference to use the symbol namespace feature: > > 1) Define DDEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE in the corresponding Makefile > 2) make (see warnings during modpost about missing imports) > 3) make nsdeps > > Instead of a DEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE definition, the EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS > variants can be used to explicitly specify the namespace. The advantage > of the method used here is that newly added symbols are automatically > exported and existing ones are exported without touching their > respective EXPORT_SYMBOL macro expansion. Ok, I can't read text, this answers my previous question. But, as an example, shouldn't we also have some code here that uses the EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS() macro to ensure that it actually works? thanks, greg k-h From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:52980 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726993AbfHMMrM (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Aug 2019 08:47:12 -0400 Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 14:47:08 +0200 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 10/10] RFC: usb-storage: export symbols in USB_STORAGE namespace Message-ID: <20190813124708.GC12475@kroah.com> References: <20180716122125.175792-1-maco@android.com> <20190813121733.52480-1-maennich@google.com> <20190813121733.52480-11-maennich@google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190813121733.52480-11-maennich@google.com> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Matthias Maennich Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, maco@android.com, kernel-team@android.com, arnd@arndb.de, geert@linux-m68k.org, hpa@zytor.com, jeyu@kernel.org, joel@joelfernandes.org, kstewart@linuxfoundation.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org, linux-modules@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com, maco@google.com, michal.lkml@markovi.net, mingo@redhat.com, oneukum@suse.com, pombredanne@nexb.com, sam@ravnborg.org, sboyd@codeaurora.org, sspatil@google.com, stern@rowland.harvard.edu, tglx@linutronix.de, usb-storage@lists.one-eyed-alien.net, x86@kernel.org, yamada.masahiro@socionext.com Message-ID: <20190813124708.4myX6VU_EjSEcIapHGN-OcKzBoHFoX0BJZG2FeoMG-c@z> On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 01:17:07PM +0100, Matthias Maennich wrote: > Modules using these symbols are required to explicitly import the > namespace. This patch was generated with the following steps and serves > as a reference to use the symbol namespace feature: > > 1) Define DDEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE in the corresponding Makefile > 2) make (see warnings during modpost about missing imports) > 3) make nsdeps > > Instead of a DEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE definition, the EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS > variants can be used to explicitly specify the namespace. The advantage > of the method used here is that newly added symbols are automatically > exported and existing ones are exported without touching their > respective EXPORT_SYMBOL macro expansion. Ok, I can't read text, this answers my previous question. But, as an example, shouldn't we also have some code here that uses the EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS() macro to ensure that it actually works? thanks, greg k-h