Re: [PATCH 2/6] allow for per-symbol configurable EXPORT_SYMBOL()

Sam Ravnborg
2016-02-08T22:16:15Z

On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 03:28:31PM -0500, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> Similar to include/generated/autoconf.h, include/generated/expsyms.h will
> contain a list of defines for each EXPORT_SYMBOL() that we want active.
> The format is:
>
> #define __EXPSYM_<symbol_name> 1

Please spell it out.
EXP could be EXPECT...

> + $(Q)touch include/generated/expsyms.h

Same goes here. Make it explicit what this is about.
It is obvious today that "exp" is synonym for export_symbol.
But in one year less so.

Same goes for CONFIG_ symbol etc.

Sam
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