linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] workqueue: un-GPL function delayed_work_timer

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Message-ID: <20130124184326.GN2373@mtj.dyndns.org>
Date:	Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:43:26 -0800
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...nvz.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] workqueue: un-GPL function delayed_work_timer_fn()

On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 04:36:31PM +0400, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
> commit d8e794dfd51c368ed3f686b7f4172830b60ae47b ("workqueue: set
> delayed_work->timer function on initialization") exports function
> delayed_work_timer_fn() only for GPL modules. This makes delayed-works
> unusable for non-GPL modules, because initialization macro now requires
> GPL symbol. For example schedule_delayed_work() available for non-GPL.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...nvz.org>
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # 3.7

Applied to wq/for-3.8-fixes.  Thanks.

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tejun
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