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Date:   Mon, 24 May 2021 22:32:50 -0500
From:   Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
To:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Cc:     Elliot Berman <eberman@...eaurora.org>,
        Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>,
        Todd Kjos <tkjos@...gle.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Trilok Soni <tsoni@...eaurora.org>, rananta@...eaurora.org,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:THERMAL" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] reboot: Export reboot_mode

On Mon 24 May 07:09 CDT 2021, Lee Jones wrote:

> On Fri, 8 Nov 2019 at 23:41, Elliot Berman <eberman@...eaurora.org> wrote:
> 
> > Export reboot_mode to support kernel modules wishing to modify reboot_mode.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Elliot Berman <eberman@...eaurora.org>
> > ---
> >  kernel/reboot.c | 2 ++
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >
> 
> Reviewed by Bjorn and GregKH, but never merged.
> 
> I guess all the parties are still solving this downstream.
> 
> Andrew, is this still something you'd consider?
> 

Seems more reasonable that it would go together with patch 2, which
Sebastian pointed out doesn't build.

Regards,
Bjorn

> diff --git a/kernel/reboot.c b/kernel/reboot.c
> > index c4d472b..b1fbc22 100644
> > --- a/kernel/reboot.c
> > +++ b/kernel/reboot.c
> > @@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(cad_pid);
> >  #define DEFAULT_REBOOT_MODE
> >  #endif
> >  enum reboot_mode reboot_mode DEFAULT_REBOOT_MODE;
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(reboot_mode);
> >  enum reboot_mode panic_reboot_mode = REBOOT_UNDEFINED;
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(panic_reboot_mode);
> >
> >  /*
> >   * This variable is used privately to keep track of whether or not
> > --
> > The Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum,
> > a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project
> >
> >
> 
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