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From:   Ben Widawsky <ben.widawsky@intel.com>
To:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] cxl/core: Convert to EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL
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On 21-10-31 11:35:11, Dan Williams wrote:

[snip]

> 
> I can't see any reason to have plain EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() for these, we
> *want* other users to declare the CXL namespace.

Why do we care if they declare CXL namespace?