From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_2 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9DE3C38A2A for ; Fri, 8 May 2020 17:33:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [203.11.71.2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8CC1C218AC for ; Fri, 8 May 2020 17:33:16 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 8CC1C218AC Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=goodmis.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Received: from bilbo.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [IPv6:2401:3900:2:1::3]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49JcqZ3mLrzDrGt for ; Sat, 9 May 2020 03:33:14 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=kernel.org (client-ip=198.145.29.99; helo=mail.kernel.org; envelope-from=srs0=brsq=6w=goodmis.org=rostedt@kernel.org; receiver=) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=goodmis.org Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49JbMJ6c4VzDrCl for ; Sat, 9 May 2020 02:27:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: from gandalf.local.home (cpe-66-24-58-225.stny.res.rr.com [66.24.58.225]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1C114208CA; Fri, 8 May 2020 16:27:05 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 12:27:03 -0400 From: Steven Rostedt To: Borislav Petkov Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 2/5] seq_buf: Export seq_buf_printf() to external modules Message-ID: <20200508122703.6ee5cae0@gandalf.local.home> In-Reply-To: <20200508160935.GB19436@zn.tnic> References: <20200508104922.72565-1-vaibhav@linux.ibm.com> <20200508104922.72565-3-vaibhav@linux.ibm.com> <20200508113100.GA19436@zn.tnic> <87blmy8wm8.fsf@linux.ibm.com> <20200508160935.GB19436@zn.tnic> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.3 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Cezary Rojewski , linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Piotr Maziarz , "Aneesh Kumar K . V" , Vaibhav Jain , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" On Fri, 8 May 2020 18:09:35 +0200 Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Fri, May 08, 2020 at 05:30:31PM +0530, Vaibhav Jain wrote: > > I am referring to Kernel Loadable Modules with MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") > > here. > > And what does "external" refer to? Because if it is out-of-tree, we > don't export symbols for out-of-tree modules. I've always wondered about this. Why not? -- Steve