linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 06/15] auxdisplay: linedisp: Move exported symbols to a namespace

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdU7OyF1-ZjVGCe2o+G9SWmYu7BSDBxgfNgst=vdhY_TOQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 11:04:27 +0100
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, 
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>, Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, 
	Robin van der Gracht <robin@...tonic.nl>, Paul Burton <paulburton@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/15] auxdisplay: linedisp: Move exported symbols to a namespace

On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 6:04 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> Avoid unnecessary pollution of the global symbol namespace by
> moving library functions in to a specific namespace and import
> that into the drivers that make use of the functions.
>
> For more info: https://lwn.net/Articles/760045/
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert


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