linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] ahci: Remove the exporting of ahci_em

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Date:   Thu, 11 Jul 2019 01:03:51 +0000
From:   "Liu, Chuansheng" <chuansheng.liu@...el.com>
To:     Denis Efremov <efremov@...ux.com>
CC:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        "linux-ide@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] ahci: Remove the exporting of ahci_em_messages



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Denis Efremov [mailto:efremov@...ux.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 11:29 PM
> To: Liu, Chuansheng <chuansheng.liu@...el.com>
> Cc: Denis Efremov <efremov@...ux.com>; Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>;
> linux-ide@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: [PATCH] ahci: Remove the exporting of ahci_em_messages
> 
> The variable ahci_em_messages is declared static and marked
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL, which is at best an odd combination. Because the
> variable is not used outside of the drivers/ata/libahci.c file it is
> defined in, this commit removes the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() marking.

Sounds good to me, thanks.
Reviewed-by: Chuansheng Liu <chuansheng.liu@...ux.intel.com>