linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the staging tree

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Date:   Tue, 4 Sep 2018 10:04:07 +0100
From:   John Whitmore <johnfwhitmore@...il.com>
To:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:     Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
        Linux-Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the staging tree

On Mon, Sep 03, 2018 at 12:06:17PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> After merging the staging tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> allyesconfig) produced this warning:
> 
> WARNING: drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192u_usb: 'dot11d_init' exported twice. Previous export was in drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib.ko
> 
> Introduced by commit
> 
>   c01f06b7506f ("staging:rtl8192u: Rename Dot11d_Init - Style")
> 
> -- 
> Cheers,
> Stephen Rothwell

Aragh, sorry my bad, and a newbie mistake. I now know to do more of a
check for exported symbols. If it had occured to me I'd not have touched
it.

I'm not sure what the procedure is, having written my first bug, but I'll
submit a patch to revert that change.

jwhitmore