Re: [patch 01/03] add EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE()

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 09:16:45PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 08:49:26PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 10:49:22AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > > This patch adds the ability to mark symbols that will be changed in the
> > > future, so that non-GPL usage of them is flagged by the kernel and
> > > printed out to the system log.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
> > The patch duplicate too much code to my taste at least.
> > May I suggest to consolidate a little in module.c before applying the
> > GPL_FUTURE stuff.
> > 
> > Have you considered: EXPORT_GPL_SOON()?

Well, as I'm proposing that the USB symbols be converted in 2 years,
that's not exactly "SOON" :)

> Better version below...

Very nice, I've added this to my tree.  I had originally tried to do
something like this, but your version is very nice compared to my bad
hack.

thanks,

greg k-h