linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: Add helper macro for comedi pci driver boilerplate

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Date:	Fri, 11 May 2012 19:14:59 +0100
From:	Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>
To:	H Hartley Sweeten <hartleys@...ionengravers.com>
CC:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	Ian Abbott <ian.abbott@....co.uk>,
	"fmhess@...rs.sourceforge.net" <fmhess@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: Add helper macro for comedi pci driver
 boilerplate

On 2012-05-11 19:04, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
> On Friday, May 11, 2012 11:00 AM, Greg KH wrote:
>> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 10:07:43AM -0700, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
>>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(comedi_pci_driver_unregister);
>>
>> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() for these two functions?
>
> I wasn't sure about that...
>
> Question.. when "should" EXPORT_SYMBOL be used and
> when should it be EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL?

Adding EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL shouldn't remove previous functionality.  It 
doesn't in this case, so that's okay!

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