linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dma-buf: move dma-buf symbols into the DMA

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Date:   Sun, 10 Oct 2021 14:41:14 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>
Cc:     Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@...aro.org>,
        Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@....com>,
        "Pan, Xinhui" <Xinhui.Pan@....com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dma-buf: move dma-buf symbols into the DMA_BUF module
 namespace

On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 12:08:45PM +0200, Christian König wrote:
> Am 25.09.21 um 15:47 schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman:
> > In order to better track where in the kernel the dma-buf code is used,
> > put the symbols in the namespace DMA_BUF and modify all users of the
> > symbols to properly import the namespace to not break the build at the
> > same time.
> > 
> > Now the output of modinfo shows the use of these symbols, making it
> > easier to watch for users over time:
> > 
> > $ modinfo drivers/misc/fastrpc.ko | grep import
> > import_ns:      DMA_BUF
> > 
> > Cc: Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@...aro.org>
> > Cc: "Christian König" <christian.koenig@....com>
> > Cc: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@....com>
> > Cc: "Pan, Xinhui" <Xinhui.Pan@....com>
> > Cc: David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>
> > Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>
> > Cc: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>
> > Cc: Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>
> > Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
> > Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
> > Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> > Cc: dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> 
> Acked-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>

Thanks for the ack.

greg k-h