linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 2/9] pci: Export find_pci_host

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Message-ID: <12857279.nHR7kEbqBW@wuerfel>
Date:	Thu, 03 Jul 2014 12:26:32 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:	Tanmay Inamdar <tinamdar@....com>,
	Sinan Kaya <okaya@...eaurora.org>,
	linaro-kernel <linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org>,
	Catalin Marinas <Catalin.Marinas@....com>,
	Device Tree ML <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-pci <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jingoo Han <jg1.han@...sung.com>,
	Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@....com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Will Deacon <Will.Deacon@....com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	patches <patches@....com>, Kukjin Kim <kgene.kim@...sung.com>,
	Suravee Suthikulanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@....com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 2/9] pci: Export find_pci_host_bridge() function.

On Wednesday 02 July 2014 13:43:41 Tanmay Inamdar wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> > I think EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() is better here. The new symbols are unlikely
> > to be used by a peripheral device driver, and PCI host controllers are
> > already restricted by EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL.
> >
> 
> You are right as long as the functions are not used directly. But what
> if GPL functions are called indirectly.  For example, 'pci_domain_nr'
> implementation in Liviu's V7 series calls 'find_pci_host_bridge'.

Good point. If pci_domain_nr() doesn't require access to an EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
symbol, it should not start doing that after this patch.

For of_create_pci_host_bridge() however, I can't think of any reason to use
a legacy EXPORT_SYMBOL.

	Arnd
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