linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v13 2/6] seq_buf: Export seq_buf

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Message-ID: <20200615125552.GI14668@zn.tnic>
Date:   Mon, 15 Jun 2020 14:55:52 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Vaibhav Jain <vaibhav@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        "Aneesh Kumar K . V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@...il.com>,
        Santosh Sivaraj <santosh@...six.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
        Piotr Maziarz <piotrx.maziarz@...ux.intel.com>,
        Cezary Rojewski <cezary.rojewski@...el.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 2/6] seq_buf: Export seq_buf_printf

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 06:14:03PM +0530, Vaibhav Jain wrote:
> 'seq_buf' provides a very useful abstraction for writing to a string
> buffer without needing to worry about it over-flowing. However even
> though the API has been stable for couple of years now its still not
> exported to kernel loadable modules limiting its usage.
> 
> Hence this patch proposes update to 'seq_buf.c' to mark
> seq_buf_printf() which is part of the seq_buf API to be exported to
> kernel loadable GPL modules. This symbol will be used in later parts
> of this patch-set to simplify content creation for a sysfs attribute.
> 
> Cc: Piotr Maziarz <piotrx.maziarz@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Cezary Rojewski <cezary.rojewski@...el.com>
> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
> Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> Signed-off-by: Vaibhav Jain <vaibhav@...ux.ibm.com>
> ---
> Changelog:
> 
> v12..v13:
> * None
> 
> v11..v12:
> * None

Can you please resend your patchset once a week like everyone else and
not flood inboxes with it?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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