linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 2/5] seq_buf: Export seq_buf

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Date:   Fri, 8 May 2020 12:27:03 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     Vaibhav Jain <vaibhav@...ux.ibm.com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Aneesh Kumar K . V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Piotr Maziarz <piotrx.maziarz@...ux.intel.com>,
        Cezary Rojewski <cezary.rojewski@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 2/5] seq_buf: Export seq_buf_printf() to external
 modules

On Fri, 8 May 2020 18:09:35 +0200
Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:

> On Fri, May 08, 2020 at 05:30:31PM +0530, Vaibhav Jain wrote:
> > I am referring to Kernel Loadable Modules with MODULE_LICENSE("GPL")
> > here.  
> 
> And what does "external" refer to? Because if it is out-of-tree, we
> don't export symbols for out-of-tree modules.

I've always wondered about this. Why not?

-- Steve