Re: [PATCH v3 05/12] thermal/core: Remove unneeded EXPORT_SYMBOLS

Lukasz Luba
2022-07-04T07:36:00Z

Hi Daniel,

(+Todd and Wei on CC)

On 7/3/22 19:30, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> Different functions are exporting the symbols but are actually only
> used by the thermal framework internals. Remove these EXPORT_SYMBOLS.
>
> Cc: Alexandre Bailon <abailon@baylibre.com>
> Cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman@baylibre.com>
> Cc; Eduardo Valentin <eduval@amazon.com>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linexp.org>
> ---
> drivers/thermal/thermal_helpers.c | 2 --
> 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_helpers.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_helpers.c
> index 3edd047e144f..f4c1e87ef040 100644
> --- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_helpers.c
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_helpers.c
> @@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ int get_tz_trend(struct thermal_zone_device *tz, int trip)
>
> return trend;
> }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_tz_trend);
>
> struct thermal_instance *
> get_thermal_instance(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
> @@ -228,7 +227,6 @@ void thermal_cdev_update(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev)
> }
> mutex_unlock(&cdev->lock);
> }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(thermal_cdev_update);

I wouldn't remove that export. I can see in my Pixel6 modules dir, that
it's called in 7 places.

I assume that in Android world this is common use.

Regards,
Lukasz