linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dma-buf: Use EXPORT

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:40:04 +0530
From:	"Semwal, Sumit" <sumit.semwal@...com>
To:	Robert Morell <rmorell@...dia.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sumit.semwal@...aro.org,
	airlied@...ux.ie, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dma-buf: Use EXPORT_SYMBOL

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 5:38 AM, Robert Morell <rmorell@...dia.com> wrote:
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL is intended to be used for "an internal implementation
> issue, and not really an interface".  The dma-buf infrastructure is
> explicitly intended as an interface between modules/drivers, so it
> should use EXPORT_SYMBOL instead.

+ Konrad, Arnd, Mauro: there were strong objections on using
EXPORT_SYMBOL in place of EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL by all 3 of them; I
suggest we first arrive at a consensus before merging this patch.

Best regards,
~Sumit.
<snip>
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