linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/7] modules: mark find

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Date:   Wed, 29 Jul 2020 13:25:58 -0400
From:   Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        live-patching@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] modules: mark find_symbol static

On 7/29/20 12:24 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 06:13:18PM +0200, Jessica Yu wrote:
>> +++ Christoph Hellwig [29/07/20 08:27 +0200]:
>>> find_symbol is only used in module.c.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
>>
>> CCing the livepatching ML, as this may or may not impact its users.
>>
>> AFAIK, the out-of-tree kpatch module had used find_symbol() in the
>> past, I am not sure what its current status is. I suspect all of its
>> functionality has been migrated to upstream livepatch already.
> 
> We still have symbol_get(), which is what I thought they were using.
> 

The deprecated (though still in the repo) kpatch.ko still references 
find_symbol(), but that module is no longer officially supported by the 
project.

Jessica is correct that the functionality has been migrated upstream.

I don't see any references to symbol_get() either, so we're good on that 
front, too.

Thanks,

-- Joe