netdev - Re: [PATCH] kexec: Export kexec_in

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Message-Id: <20161021.101343.1389577512803674816.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 21 Oct 2016 10:13:43 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     ebiederm@...ssion.com
Cc:     f.fainelli@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kexec@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        sfr@...b.auug.org.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kexec: Export kexec_in_progress to modules

From: ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 00:26:55 -0500

> So as far as I can tell you are advocating for a change to support a
> driver doing something that is completely pointless.  So no let's not
> export this symbol.  Please fix the driver to do something less
> pointless instead.

FLorian explained his reasoning for doing what he is doing in this
specific driver and it made sense to me.