netdev - Re: [PATCH] kexec: Export kexec_in

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Date:   Thu, 20 Oct 2016 21:54:10 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
        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: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 18:15:16 -0700

> The bcm_sf2 driver uses kexec_in_progress to know whether it can power
> down an integrated PHY during shutdown, and can be built as a module.
> Other modules may be using this in the future, so export it.
> 
> Fixes: 2399d6143f85 ("net: dsa: bcm_sf2: Prevent GPHY shutdown for kexec'd kernels")
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
> ---
> Eric, David, Stephen,
> 
> The offending commit is in David's net.git tree, so it would probably make
> sense to route the fix through the same tree.

Ok, I'll apply this, thanks Florian.