From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-pa0-f45.google.com ([209.85.220.45]:34871 "EHLO mail-pa0-f45.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753008Ab3HPDFs (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Aug 2013 23:05:48 -0400 Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 20:14:52 -0700 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" To: Arik Nemtsov , backports@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, mcgrof@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] backports: rename some mem functions to not break custom kernels Message-ID: <20130816031450.GC9574@garbanzo.do-not-panic.com> (sfid-20130816_050558_486551_184CBB67) References: <1376466485-25796-1-git-send-email-arik@wizery.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1376466485-25796-1-git-send-email-arik@wizery.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 10:48:05AM +0300, Arik Nemtsov wrote: > When custom patches are cherry-picked to a kernel, some symbols exported > by backports may clash with the built-in ones. Rename the backports > symbols using the standard backport_ prefix to prevent that. > > The offending symbols were exported by the patch below: > > commit 2ce5c22448bb45998318267c00b5d6ef9cff3170 > Author: Hauke Mehrtens > Date: Thu Jun 6 13:48:04 2013 +0200 > > backports: backport some memory functions > > Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov Thanks, applied and pushed. Next time please add the backports@vger.kernel.org list. Luis