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Message-ID: <20120118150007.GA18315@suse.de>
Date:	Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:00:07 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Cc:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	Leonid Moiseichuk <leonid.moiseichuk@...ia.com>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	cesarb@...arb.net, kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com,
	emunson@...bm.net, aarcange@...hat.com, riel@...hat.com,
	mel@....ul.ie, rientjes@...gle.com, dima@...roid.com,
	rebecca@...roid.com, san@...gle.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	vesa.jaaskelainen@...ia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Making si_swapinfo exportable

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 09:46:18AM -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(si_swapinfo);
> > 
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() perhaps?
> 
> Greg,
> 
> So.. could you tell when are suppose to do _GPL and when not? Is there
> a policy of "new code must be _GPL" ? Or is there some extra "if .. then"
> conditions?

It's up to the author of the code, what their preference is.

I just generally prefer _GPL for new exports.

thanks,

greg k-h
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