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

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Date:   Sun, 10 Oct 2021 14:42:48 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@...il.com>
Cc:     Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@...aro.org>,
        Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>,
        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 mailing list <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        LKML <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 11:00:14AM -0400, Alex Deucher wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 7:15 AM Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@...aro.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Greg,
> >
> > Thanks for the patch!
> >
> > On Sat, 25 Sept 2021 at 19:17, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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>
> >
> >
> > With the addition of the 2 misses found by Arnd, please feel free to add my
> > Acked-by: Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@...aro.org>
> 
> Same here.
> 
> Acked-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@....com>

Thanks both of you for your acks.

greg k-h