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Date:	Sat, 10 Oct 2015 23:02:02 +0100
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:	"Kweh, Hock Leong" <hock.leong.kweh@...el.com>,
	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,
	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 v7 1/2] efi: export efi_capsule_supported() function
 symbol

On Mon, 05 Oct, at 03:13:50PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 06, 2015 at 04:15:54AM +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);
> 
> So this one is still a separate patch.
> 
> If you're going to ignore review comments, maybe I should stop wasting
> my time reviewing your stuff...

I agree that it makes sense to fold this patch into your PATCH 2,
because then we know why we need the above symbol to be exported.

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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