linux-kernel - Re: Patch "crypto: qat - do not export adf_iov_putmsg()" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree

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Date:   Mon, 13 Sep 2021 09:50:35 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     giovanni.cabiddu@...el.com, stable-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Patch "crypto: qat - do not export adf_iov_putmsg()" has been
 added to the 4.4-stable tree

On Sun, Sep 12, 2021 at 11:23:05PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
> 
>     crypto: qat - do not export adf_iov_putmsg()
> 
> to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at:
>     http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
> 
> The filename of the patch is:
>      crypto-qat-do-not-export-adf_iov_putmsg.patch
> and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.
> 
> If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
> please let <stable@...r.kernel.org> know about it.
> 
> 
> 
> commit 5f8033f94420950b5fc4b91dd2154c00fc88d44e
> Author: Giovanni Cabiddu <giovanni.cabiddu@...el.com>
> Date:   Thu Aug 12 21:21:28 2021 +0100
> 
>     crypto: qat - do not export adf_iov_putmsg()
>     
>     [ Upstream commit 645ae0af1840199086c33e4f841892ebee73f615 ]
>     
>     The function adf_iov_putmsg() is only used inside the intel_qat module
>     therefore should not be exported.
>     Remove EXPORT_SYMBOL for the function adf_iov_putmsg().
>     
>     Signed-off-by: Giovanni Cabiddu <giovanni.cabiddu@...el.com>
>     Reviewed-by: Fiona Trahe <fiona.trahe@...el.com>
>     Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
>     Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_pf2vf_msg.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_pf2vf_msg.c
> index 711706819b05..f071aba32a28 100644
> --- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_pf2vf_msg.c
> +++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_pf2vf_msg.c
> @@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ int adf_iov_putmsg(struct adf_accel_dev *accel_dev, u32 msg, u8 vf_nr)
>  
>  	return ret;
>  }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(adf_iov_putmsg);
>  
>  void adf_vf2pf_req_hndl(struct adf_accel_vf_info *vf_info)
>  {

This breaks the build on the 4.4.y stable queue, so I am dropping it
from there.

thanks,

greg k-h