linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs/splice: export splice_to

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Message-ID: <4ED8C8D2.5040203@axboe.dk>
Date:	Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:47:14 +0100
From:	Jens Axboe <jens@...oe.dk>
To:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
CC:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, lttng-dev@...ts.lttng.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/splice: export splice_to_pipe to modules

On 2011-12-02 13:43, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> The LTTng driver needs this symbol exported because it implements its
> own splice actor.
> 
> All other exports in splice are EXPORT_SYMBOL(), so follow the local
> trend by not using a _GPL() export.

Thanks, that makes more sense to me.

Acked-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>

-- 
Jens Axboe

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