linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 02/15] modpost: change the license of EXPORT

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Date:   Thu, 5 May 2022 21:53:56 +0200
From:   Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        linux-um@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-s390 <linux-s390@...r.kernel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 02/15] modpost: change the license of EXPORT_SYMBOL to
 bool type

On Thu, May 05, 2022 at 10:48:55PM +0900 Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 4:24 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Currently, enum export is tristate, but export_unknown does not make
> > sense in any way.
> >
> > If the symbol name starts with "__ksymtab_", but the section name
> > does not start with "___ksymtab+" or "___ksymtab_gpl+", it is not
> > an exported symbol. The variable name just happens to start with
> > "__ksymtab_". Do not call sym_add_exported() in this case.
> >
> > __ksymtab_* is internally by EXPORT_SYMBOL(_GPL) but somebody may
> 
> I mean
> "... is internally used by ..."

Looks good to me; a nice cleanup.

Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>