linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] workqueue: Make schedule_work() available again to non GPL modules

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Message-ID: <20130506224945.GI800@mtj.dyndns.org>
Date:	Mon, 6 May 2013 15:49:45 -0700
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Marc Dionne <marc.c.dionne@...il.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] workqueue: Make schedule_work() available again to non
 GPL modules

On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 05:44:55PM -0400, Marc Dionne wrote:
> Commit 8425e3d5bdbe ("workqueue: inline trivial wrappers") changed
> schedule_work() and schedule_delayed_work() to inline wrappers,
> but these rely on some symbols that are EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL, while
> the original functions were EXPORT_SYMBOL.  This has the effect of
> changing the licensing requirement for these functions and making
> them unavailable to non GPL modules.
> 
> Make them available again by removing the restriction on the
> required symbols.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@...r-file-system.com>

Will apply to workqueue/for-3.10-fixes once v3.10-rc1 drops.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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