linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] W1: Export w1_read

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20081010134410.094f349b.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:44:10 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"Gadiyar, Anand" <gadiyar@...com>
Cc:	johnpol@....mipt.ru, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, madhu.cr@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] W1: Export w1_read_8 function

On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 12:55:25 +0530
"Gadiyar, Anand" <gadiyar@...com> wrote:

> From: Madhusudhan Chikkature <madhu.cr@...com>
> 
> This patch exports the w1_read_8 function for use of drivers.
> 

The changelog should explain why the export is needed (eg: "used by the
foobar driver").

If, as I assume, this symbol is used by the HDQ driver then this patch
should be staged _ahead_ of those patches to avoid breaking
bisectability, and because that's generally a saner ordering.


--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/