linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] net: ipv6: unexport __init-annotated seg6_hmac_net

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Date:   Wed, 29 Jun 2022 04:30:13 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, dsahern@...nel.org,
        edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
        shjy180909@...il.com, david.lebrun@...ouvain.be,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] net: ipv6: unexport __init-annotated
 seg6_hmac_net_init()

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Tue, 28 Jun 2022 11:31:34 +0800 you wrote:
> As commit 5801f064e351 ("net: ipv6: unexport __init-annotated seg6_hmac_init()"),
> EXPORT_SYMBOL and __init is a bad combination because the .init.text
> section is freed up after the initialization. Hence, modules cannot
> use symbols annotated __init. The access to a freed symbol may end up
> with kernel panic.
> 
> This remove the EXPORT_SYMBOL to fix modpost warning:
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [-next] net: ipv6: unexport __init-annotated seg6_hmac_net_init()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/53ad46169fe2

You are awesome, thank you!
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