linux-kernel - Re: [Patch v1 3/8] ACPI / LPIT: Export lpit_read_residency_count

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Date:   Fri, 26 Jan 2018 11:48:39 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Rajneesh Bhardwaj <rajneesh.bhardwaj@...el.com>
Cc:     Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Vishwanath Somayaji <vishwanath.somayaji@...el.com>,
        Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Patch v1 3/8] ACPI / LPIT: Export lpit_read_residency_count_address()

On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 10:58 AM, Rajneesh Bhardwaj
<rajneesh.bhardwaj@...el.com> wrote:
> From: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>
>
> Export lpit_read_residency_count_address(), so that it can be used from
> drivers built as module. With the recent changes, the builtin_pci
> functionality of the intel_pmc_core driver is removed and now it can be
> built as a module to read this exported interface to calculate the PMC base
> address.
>

This needs Ack from ACPI maintainer(s).

Rafael, are you OK with exporting this method?

> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net>
> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
> Cc: linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
>
> Tested-by: Rajneesh Bhardwaj <rajneesh.bhardwaj@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
>
>  drivers/acpi/acpi_lpit.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_lpit.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_lpit.c
> index e94e478dd18b..cf4fc0161164 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_lpit.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_lpit.c
> @@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ int lpit_read_residency_count_address(u64 *address)
>
>         return 0;
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lpit_read_residency_count_address);
>
>  static void lpit_update_residency(struct lpit_residency_info *info,
>                                  struct acpi_lpit_native *lpit_native)
> --
> 2.7.4
>



-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko