linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] allow for per-symbol configurable EXPORT

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Message-ID: <20160208221605.GB13832@ravnborg.org>
Date:	Mon, 8 Feb 2016 23:16:05 +0100
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>
Cc:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] allow for per-symbol configurable EXPORT_SYMBOL()

On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 03:28:31PM -0500, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> Similar to include/generated/autoconf.h, include/generated/expsyms.h will
> contain a list of defines for each EXPORT_SYMBOL() that we want active.
> The format is:
> 
>   #define __EXPSYM_<symbol_name> 1

Please spell it out.
EXP could be EXPECT...


> +	$(Q)touch include/generated/expsyms.h

Same goes here. Make it explicit what this is about.
It is obvious today that "exp" is synonym for export_symbol.
But in one year less so.

Same goes for CONFIG_ symbol etc.

	Sam
>