Re: [PATCH v9 13/27] rust: export generated symbols

Kees Cook
2022-08-17T20:12:05Z

On Fri, Aug 05, 2022 at 05:41:58PM +0200, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> All symbols are reexported reusing the `EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL` macro
> from C. The lists of symbols are generated on the fly.
>
> There are three main sets of symbols to distinguish:
>
> - The ones from the `core` and `alloc` crates (from the Rust
> standard library). The code is licensed as Apache/MIT.
>
> - The ones from our abstractions in the `kernel` crate.
>
> - The helpers (already exported since they are not generated).
>
> We export everything as GPL. This ensures we do not mistakenly
> expose GPL kernel symbols/features as non-GPL, even indirectly.
>
> Co-developed-by: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

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Kees Cook