linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firmware_loader: export sysctl registration

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Message-ID: <Yad9Iu8K9k/NvKJj@bombadil.infradead.org>
Date:   Wed, 1 Dec 2021 05:48:18 -0800
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, keescook@...omium.org,
        yzaikin@...gle.com, nixiaoming@...wei.com, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
        steve@....org, rafael@...nel.org, tytso@....edu,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, pmladek@...e.com,
        senozhatsky@...omium.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        john.ogness@...utronix.de, dgilbert@...erlog.com,
        jejb@...ux.ibm.com, martin.petersen@...cle.com,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware_loader: export sysctl registration

On Wed, Dec 01, 2021 at 08:08:00AM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 08:45:25AM -0800, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > The firmware loader fallback sysctl table is always built-in,
> > but when FW_LOADER=m the build will fail. We need to export
> > the sysctl registration and de-registration. Use the private
> > symbol namespace so that only the firmware loader uses these
> > calls.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> > Fixes: firmware_loader: move firmware sysctl to its own files
> 
> Have a git id for this?

I thought it would be ephemeral at this point since it was on
linux-next, so had not provided one. If it is a static commit
then I suppose this is 5cc0fea09ee52c9bcb6c41456bea03ca1b49602d

  Luis