linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] module: Rename EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES to EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR

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Message-Id: <20250708-export_modules-v1-2-fbf7a282d23f@suse.cz>
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2025 09:28:58 +0200
From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To: Matthias Maennich <maennich@...gle.com>, 
 Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>, 
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 Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] module: Rename EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES to
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES

With module namespace access restricted to in-tree modules, the GPL
requirement becomes implied. Drop it from the name of the export helper.

Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
---
 Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst | 6 +++---
 fs/anon_inodes.c                             | 2 +-
 include/linux/export.h                       | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst b/Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst
index dc228ac738a5cdc49cc736c29170ca96df6a28dc..aafbc0469cd6a4b76225e0e96a86025de512008e 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ A second option to define the default namespace is directly in the compilation
 within the corresponding compilation unit before the #include for
 <linux/export.h>. Typically it's placed before the first #include statement.
 
-Using the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES() macro
------------------------------------------------
+Using the EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES() macro
+-------------------------------------------
 
 Symbols exported using this macro are put into a module namespace. This
 namespace cannot be imported.
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Simple tail-globs are supported.
 
 For example::
 
-  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES(preempt_notifier_inc, "kvm,kvm-*")
+  EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES(preempt_notifier_inc, "kvm,kvm-*")
 
 will limit usage of this symbol to in-tree modules whoes name matches the given
 patterns.
diff --git a/fs/anon_inodes.c b/fs/anon_inodes.c
index 1d847a939f29a41356af3f12e5f61372ec2fb550..180a458fc4f74249d674ec3c6e01277df1d9e743 100644
--- a/fs/anon_inodes.c
+++ b/fs/anon_inodes.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ struct inode *anon_inode_make_secure_inode(struct super_block *sb, const char *n
 	}
 	return inode;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES(anon_inode_make_secure_inode, "kvm");
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES(anon_inode_make_secure_inode, "kvm");
 
 static struct file *__anon_inode_getfile(const char *name,
 					 const struct file_operations *fops,
diff --git a/include/linux/export.h b/include/linux/export.h
index f35d03b4113b19798036d2993d67eb932ad8ce6f..a686fd0ba406509da5f397e3a415d05c5a051c0d 100644
--- a/include/linux/export.h
+++ b/include/linux/export.h
@@ -91,6 +91,6 @@
 #define EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS(sym, ns)	__EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, "", ns)
 #define EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(sym, ns)	__EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, "GPL", ns)
 
-#define EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES(sym, mods) __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, "GPL", "module:" mods)
+#define EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES(sym, mods) __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, "GPL", "module:" mods)
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_EXPORT_H */

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