linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v6 1/2] efi: export efi_capsule

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Date:	Sat, 3 Oct 2015 03:02:11 +0000
From:	"Kweh, Hock Leong" <hock.leong.kweh@...el.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
CC:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"Ong, Boon Leong" <boon.leong.ong@...el.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-efi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sam Protsenko <semen.protsenko@...aro.org>,
	Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	"Roy Franz" <roy.franz@...aro.org>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	Linux FS Devel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Fleming, Matt" <matt.fleming@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v6 1/2] efi: export efi_capsule_supported() function
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Borislav Petkov [mailto:bp@...en8.de]
> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2015 1:37 AM
> To: Kweh, Hock Leong
> Cc: Matt Fleming; Greg Kroah-Hartman; Ong, Boon Leong; LKML; linux-
> efi@...r.kernel.org; Sam Protsenko; Peter Jones; Andy Lutomirski; Roy
> Franz; James Bottomley; Linux FS Devel; Fleming, Matt
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] efi: export efi_capsule_supported() function
> symbol
> 
> On Fri, Oct 02, 2015 at 05:05:53AM +0800, Kweh, Hock Leong wrote:
> > From: "Kweh, Hock Leong" <hock.leong.kweh@...el.com>
> >
> > This patch export efi_capsule_supported() function symbol for capsule
> > kernel module to use.
> >
> > Cc: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Kweh, Hock Leong <hock.leong.kweh@...el.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/firmware/efi/capsule.c |    1 +
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/capsule.c
> > b/drivers/firmware/efi/capsule.c index d8cd75c0..738d437 100644
> > --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/capsule.c
> > +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/capsule.c
> > @@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ out:
> >  	kfree(capsule);
> >  	return rv;
> >  }
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(efi_capsule_supported);
> >
> >  /**
> >   * efi_capsule_update - send a capsule to the firmware
> 
> Why is this a separate patch?
> 

It is because the author of this code is Matt. Submitting this,
allows him to easily squash into his patch:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/10/7/391

Thanks.