netdev - Re: EXPORT_SYMBOL or EXPORT_SYMBOL

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Date:   Sun, 1 Nov 2020 17:24:29 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: EXPORT_SYMBOL or EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL?

On Sun, Nov 01, 2020 at 01:43:34PM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> I was wondering whether we have any policy on using EXPORT_SYMBOL or
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL for newly exported functions. I've seen both options
> being used.

Hi Heiner

In the case of dev_get_tstats64() it is a trivial function to open
code in a driver. It is not going to cause any hardship for a closed
source out of tree network driver. So it makes no difference.
The existing stats functions in net/core/dev.c:

EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_stats_to_stats64);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_stats);
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_fetch_sw_netstats);

so there is no general patterns to follow, pick whatever your want.

	Andrew