linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RT] Align rt_mutex inlining with upstream behavior

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Message-ID: <20170203164924.GB19814@prokofiev.nvidia.com>
Date:   Fri, 3 Feb 2017 08:49:24 -0800
From:   Andy Ritger <aritger@...dia.com>
To:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
CC:     Andy Ritger <aritger@...dia.com>, Alex Goins <agoins@...dia.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RT] Align rt_mutex inlining with upstream behavior

On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 04:54:34PM +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> On 2017-01-30 09:35:34 [-0800], Andy Ritger wrote:
> > The problem is that various static inline functions such as
> > reservation_object_fini() indirectly call mutex_destroy.  On DEBUG_MUTEX
> > kernels, mutex_destroy is EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL.
> 
> So your problem is simply that your non-GPL module can't link anymore
> with -RT.  Would it help you if I simply replace the export for
> mutex_destroy with EXPORT_SYMBOL and leave it the function as is?

Yes, definitely.

Thanks,
- Andy