linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] panic: Export panic_cpu and nmi_panic_self

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Message-ID: <20160301072456.GA2997@nazgul.tnic>
Date:	Tue, 1 Mar 2016 08:24:56 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Hidehiro Kawai <hidehiro.kawai.ez@...achi.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Mingarelli <thomas.mingarelli@....com>,
	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>,
	Corey Minyard <minyard@....org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>, linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
	Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
	HATAYAMA Daisuke <d.hatayama@...fujitsu.com>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] panic: Export panic_cpu and nmi_panic_self_stop

On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 10:50:37AM +0900, Hidehiro Kawai wrote:
> Export panic_cpu and nmi_panic_self_stop symbols for modules which
> use nmi_panic() macro.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hidehiro Kawai <hidehiro.kawai.ez@...achi.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
> Cc: HATAYAMA Daisuke <d.hatayama@...fujitsu.com>
> Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> ---
>  kernel/panic.c |    2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
> index d96469d..f4e8035 100644
> --- a/kernel/panic.c
> +++ b/kernel/panic.c
> @@ -69,8 +69,10 @@ void __weak nmi_panic_self_stop(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  {
>  	panic_smp_self_stop();
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(nmi_panic_self_stop);
>  
>  atomic_t panic_cpu = ATOMIC_INIT(PANIC_CPU_INVALID);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(panic_cpu);

Can we make nmi_panic() at least a proper function and export that
instead of exporting all those implementation details...?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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