linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] module: Rename EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES to EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR

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Message-ID: <20250711-fascinating-dramatic-mongrel-06bb3d@l-nschier-aarch64>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:13:29 +0200
From: Nicolas Schier <nicolas.schier@...ux.dev>
To: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc: Matthias Maennich <maennich@...gle.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] module: Rename EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES to
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES

On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 04:05:16PM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> Christoph suggested that the explicit _GPL_ can be dropped from the
> module namespace export macro, as it's intended for in-tree modules
> only. It would be possible to resrict it technically, but it was pointed

s/resrict/restrict/

> out [2] that some cases of using an out-of-tree build of an in-tree
> module with the same name are legitimate. But in that case those also
> have to be GPL anyway so it's unnecessary to spell it out.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aFleJN_fE-RbSoFD@infradead.org/ [1]
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAK7LNATRkZHwJGpojCnvdiaoDnP%2BaeUXgdey5sb_8muzdWTMkA@mail.gmail.com/ [2]
> Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
> Reviewed-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg@....com>
> Acked-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
> ---

Looks good to me, thanks!

Acked-by: Nicolas Schier <n.schier@....de>

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