linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] modpost: make updating the symbol namespace explict

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Message-ID: <20191011153319.GC1283883@kroah.com>
Date:   Fri, 11 Oct 2019 17:33:19 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Matthias Maennich <maennich@...gle.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...roid.com,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Martijn Coenen <maco@...roid.com>,
        Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@...il.com>,
        Shaun Ruffell <sruffell@...ffell.net>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-modules@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] modpost: make updating the symbol namespace explict

On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 04:14:41PM +0100, Matthias Maennich wrote:
> Setting the symbol namespace of a symbol within sym_add_exported feels
> displaced and lead to issues in the current implementation of symbol
> namespaces. This patch makes updating the namespace an explicit call to
> decouple it from adding a symbol to the export list.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthias Maennich <maennich@...gle.com>

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