From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751346AbWBVGU3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Feb 2006 01:20:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751349AbWBVGU3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Feb 2006 01:20:29 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:26325 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751346AbWBVGU3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Feb 2006 01:20:29 -0500 Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:39:18 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Mark Lord Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE() Message-ID: <20060222053918.GA27267@suse.de> References: <20060208062007.GA7936@kroah.com> <43EE9EC0.2030403@rtr.ca> <20060212041522.GA29935@suse.de> <43EEB6FE.7000701@rtr.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43EEB6FE.7000701@rtr.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 11:18:06PM -0500, Mark Lord wrote: > Greg KH wrote: > >On Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 09:34:40PM -0500, Mark Lord wrote: > >>Greg KH wrote: > >>>So, here's a patch that implements EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE(). It > >>>basically says that some time in the future, this symbol is going to > >>>change and not be allowed to be called from non-GPL licensed kernel > >>>modules. > >>The wording and intent here are incorrect. > >> > >>All kernel modules are already *GPL licensed*, > >>whether the authors think so or not. > >> > >>So this patch (if it goes through), should be reworded > >>so as not to muddy those waters (as the above excerpt does). > > > >Care to provide some text that you feel will be better? > > Just something simple, like this rewording of your original post: > > >>> So, here's a patch that implements EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE(). It > >>> basically says that some time in the future, this symbol is going to > >>> change and not be allowed to be called from > ...kernel modules that don't include MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") in the source. Ok, I've tweaked it to look more like this. thanks, greg k-h