linux-kernel - Re: 3.12.0-rc3: Symbol license change in commit caf5c03f (ACPI: Move acpi_bus_get

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Date:	Tue, 01 Oct 2013 23:00:16 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	Linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 3.12.0-rc3: Symbol license change in commit caf5c03f (ACPI: Move acpi_bus_get_device() from bus.c to scan.c)

On Tuesday, October 01, 2013 12:59:53 PM Peter Hurley wrote:
> I have no love lost for proprietary modules but changing
> acpi_bus_get_device() symbol's license seems gratuitous considering
> the symbol pre-dates the mainline git tree and the code is just
> being moved from one source file to another.

Well, I didn't know whether or not any binary modules use that function in the
first place.

It looks like some of them do, so below is a revert of that change (that I'm
going to push for -rc4).

I wonder what module exactly you have in mind, though?

Rafael


---
From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Subject: ACPI: Use EXPORT_SYMBOL() for acpi_bus_get_device()

Commit caf5c03f (ACPI: Move acpi_bus_get_device() from bus.c to
scan.c) caused acpi_bus_get_device() to be exported using
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(), but that broke some binary drivers in
existence, so revert that change.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
---
 drivers/acpi/scan.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-pm/drivers/acpi/scan.c
===================================================================
--- linux-pm.orig/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ linux-pm/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ int acpi_bus_get_device(acpi_handle hand
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_bus_get_device);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_bus_get_device);
 
 int acpi_device_add(struct acpi_device *device,
 		    void (*release)(struct device *))

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