linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 11/11] linux/export.h: rename 'sec' argument to 'license'

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Message-ID: <CAKwvOdkZUmfUtO=uL9JgoJjeto28HNCQ-i7FT1Oy_C+mtNz-Dg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 9 Jun 2023 14:29:05 -0700
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>,
        linux-um@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 11/11] linux/export.h: rename 'sec' argument to 'license'

On Thu, Jun 8, 2023 at 7:24 AM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Now, EXPORT_SYMBOL() is populated in two stages. In the first stage,
> all of EXPORT_SYMBOL/EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL go into the same section,
> .export_symbol.
>
> 'sec' does not make sense any more. Rename it to 'license'.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>

Thanks for the patch!
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>

> ---
>
> Changes in v7:
>  - New patch
>
>  include/linux/export.h | 8 ++++----
>  include/linux/pm.h     | 6 +++---
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/export.h b/include/linux/export.h
> index fed2e5717461..b411fdb88720 100644
> --- a/include/linux/export.h
> +++ b/include/linux/export.h
> @@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ extern struct module __this_module;
>   * be reused in other execution contexts such as the UEFI stub or the
>   * decompressor.
>   */
> -#define __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, sec, ns)
> +#define __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, license, ns)
>
>  #elif defined(__GENKSYMS__)
>
> -#define __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, sec, ns)  __GENKSYMS_EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym)
> +#define __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, license, ns)      __GENKSYMS_EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym)
>
>  #elif defined(__ASSEMBLY__)
>
> @@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ extern struct module __this_module;
>  #endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */
>
>  #ifdef DEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE
> -#define _EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, sec)       __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, sec, __stringify(DEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE))
> +#define _EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, license)   __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, license, __stringify(DEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE))
>  #else
> -#define _EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, sec)       __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, sec, "")
> +#define _EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, license)   __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, license, "")
>  #endif
>
>  #define EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym)             _EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym,)
> diff --git a/include/linux/pm.h b/include/linux/pm.h
> index aabb6bd8f89e..1810d776e84a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/pm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/pm.h
> @@ -375,14 +375,14 @@ const struct dev_pm_ops name = { \
>  }
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_PM
> -#define _EXPORT_DEV_PM_OPS(name, sec, ns)                              \
> +#define _EXPORT_DEV_PM_OPS(name, license, ns)                          \
>         const struct dev_pm_ops name;                                   \
> -       __EXPORT_SYMBOL(name, sec, ns);                                 \
> +       __EXPORT_SYMBOL(name, license, ns);                             \
>         const struct dev_pm_ops name
>  #define EXPORT_PM_FN_GPL(name)         EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(name)
>  #define EXPORT_PM_FN_NS_GPL(name, ns)  EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(name, ns)
>  #else
> -#define _EXPORT_DEV_PM_OPS(name, sec, ns)                              \
> +#define _EXPORT_DEV_PM_OPS(name, license, ns)                          \
>         static __maybe_unused const struct dev_pm_ops __static_##name
>  #define EXPORT_PM_FN_GPL(name)
>  #define EXPORT_PM_FN_NS_GPL(name, ns)
> --
> 2.39.2
>


-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers