From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable <stable@kernel.org>,
Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.l-h@gmx.de>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-modules@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] media: dvb: symbol fixup for dvb_attach()
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2023 17:35:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2023090852-stoppable-jackpot-549f@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZPtKCc2PLi0wdR2+@bombadil.infradead.org>
On Fri, Sep 08, 2023 at 09:21:29AM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 08, 2023 at 10:20:36AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > In commit 9011e49d54dc ("modules: only allow symbol_get of
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL modules") the use of symbol_get is properly restricted
> > to GPL-only marked symbols. This interacts oddly with the DVB logic
> > which only uses dvb_attach() to load the dvb driver which then uses
> > symbol_get().
> >
> > Fix this up by properly marking all of the dvb_attach attach symbols as
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL().
> >
> > Fixes: 9011e49d54dc ("modules: only allow symbol_get of EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL modules")
> > Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
> > Reported-by: Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.l-h@gmx.de>
> > Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
> > Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
> > Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> > Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org
> > Cc: linux-modules@vger.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> > ---
> > Luis, do you want to take this through your tree? Or Mauro's? Or I can
> > take it through mine, it should get to Linus soon as this is causing
> > regressions in his tree.
>
> You've done the work so it is up to you, whatever helps you expedite it
> as it already hit stable. Feel free to take it through your tree.
If you ack it, I can take it now through my tree and send it to Linus
tomorrow.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-09-08 16:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-09-08 9:20 [PATCH] media: dvb: symbol fixup for dvb_attach() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2023-09-08 9:49 ` Hans Verkuil
2023-09-08 16:21 ` Luis Chamberlain
2023-09-08 16:35 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2023-09-08 23:09 ` Luis Chamberlain
2023-09-09 10:19 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
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