linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: export pv_lock

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Date:	Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:42:52 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: export pv_lock_ops non-GPL


* Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:

> * Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org> wrote:
> 
> > None of the spinlock API is exported GPL, so there's no reason for 
> > pv_lock_ops to be.
> 
> uhm, why is this even a question? All of this stuff is so deep inside 
> the guts of the kernel ... so nope - if then we want to change the 
> others to _GPL exports as well, just to make sure nobody gets funny 
> ideas.

i've nevertheless applied it to tip/x86/urgent - but it would be nice to 
clean all of this up and only export the minimally necessary (ex include 
file inline functions) APIs and none of the paravirt stuff.

	Ingo
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