linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/14] KDB: add more exports for supporting KDB modules

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Message-ID: <513FA773.9040402@sgi.com>
Date:	Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:08:51 -0700
From:	Mike Travis <travis@....com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC:	Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>,
	Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@....com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>,
	Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@...aro.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>,
	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/14] KDB: add more exports for supporting KDB modules



On 3/12/2013 3:01 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Mar 2013, Mike Travis wrote:
>> This patch adds some important KDB functions to be externally
>> usable by loadable KDB modules.  Note that often drivers bring
>> in KDB modules for debugging, and in the past KDB has not been
>> limited to use by GPL only modules.  This patch restores KDB
>> usefullness to non-GPL modules.
>
> Which past? We only care about Linus git tree as THE past.
>
>> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kdb_register);
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(kdb_register);
>
> AFAICT that function has never been an non GPL symbol in Linus
> tree. Whatever the original out of tree kdb stuff used is totally
> irrelevant.
>
> Stop trying to resolve your companys or your companys customers legal
> issues by false claims.
>
> The GPL is there for a reason.
>
> Aside of that the whole attempt to export stuff which has been not
> exported before without the _GPL extension is also:
>
> 	 Nacked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
>
> Thanks,
>
> 	tglx
>

No problem, as I mentioned I don't care nor am I trying to resolve
anything except the problems of running Linux on the UV system.
There is no hidden agenda.

I will wait though for more feedback on the other patches before
submitting a 'v2' version.

Thanks,
Mike
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