linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v7 1/3] vmcore: add API to collect hardware dump in second kernel

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Date:   Tue, 1 May 2018 16:28:51 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Rahul Lakkireddy <rahul.lakkireddy@...lsio.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
        ebiederm@...ssion.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, ganeshgr@...lsio.com,
        nirranjan@...lsio.com, indranil@...lsio.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v7 1/3] vmcore: add API to collect hardware
 dump in second kernel

On Tue,  1 May 2018 23:57:45 +0530
Rahul Lakkireddy <rahul.lakkireddy@...lsio.com> wrote:

> +
> +int vmcore_add_device_dump(struct vmcoredd_data *data)
> +{
> +	return __vmcore_add_device_dump(data);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmcore_add_device_dump);
> +#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE_DEVICE_DUMP

Why the stub wrapper function? 
it does nothing.