linux-kernel - Re: [Linux-kernel-mentees] [PATCH] PCI: Remove unused EXPORT

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Message-ID: <20190717204853.GD12367@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 18 Jul 2019 05:48:53 +0900
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Kelsey Skunberg <skunberg.kelsey@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        bhelgaas@...gle.com, linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-kernel-mentees] [PATCH] PCI: Remove unused
 EXPORT_SYMBOL()s from drivers/pci/bus.c

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 12:23:53PM -0600, Kelsey Skunberg wrote:
> pci_bus_get() and pci_bus_put() are not used by a loadable kernel module
> and do not need to be exported. Remove lines exporting pci_bus_get() and
> pci_bus_put().
> 
> Functions were exported in commit fe830ef62ac6 ("PCI: Introduce
> pci_bus_{get|put}() to manage PCI bus reference count"). No found history
> of functions being used by a loadable kernel module.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kelsey Skunberg <skunberg.kelsey@...il.com>

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>