linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild: doc: remove "Objects which export symbols" section

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Message-ID: <CAK7LNASPQhz2HxkPnYAEZpxnAmDgGXKBdfZCaXe-9aY7jFbrnQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 20 Jan 2021 14:54:02 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        "open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: doc: remove "Objects which export symbols" section

On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 8:52 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> EXPORT_SYMBOL is unrelated to makefiles. No need to mention it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
> ---


Applied to linux-kbuild.

>
>  Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst | 8 +-------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst
> index 9f6a11881951..949f09ea3f1a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst
> @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ This document describes the Linux kernel Makefiles.
>            --- 3.1 Goal definitions
>            --- 3.2 Built-in object goals - obj-y
>            --- 3.3 Loadable module goals - obj-m
> -          --- 3.4 Objects which export symbols
> +          --- 3.4 <deleted>
>            --- 3.5 Library file goals - lib-y
>            --- 3.6 Descending down in directories
>            --- 3.7 Non-builtin vmlinux targets - extra-y
> @@ -247,12 +247,6 @@ more details, with real examples.
>         kbuild will build an ext2.o file for you out of the individual
>         parts and then link this into built-in.a, as you would expect.
>
> -3.4 Objects which export symbols
> ---------------------------------
> -
> -       No special notation is required in the makefiles for
> -       modules exporting symbols.
> -
>  3.5 Library file goals - lib-y
>  ------------------------------
>
> --
> 2.27.0
>


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada