netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 8/9] net: mscc: ocelot: set up tag_8021q CPU ports independent of user port affinity

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Message-ID: <20220819164413.bjpc6fz3yy6jwupt@skbuf>
Date:   Fri, 19 Aug 2022 16:44:14 +0000
From:   Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
To:     Colin Foster <colin.foster@...advantage.com>
CC:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        "UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com" <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>,
        Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...dia.com>,
        Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 8/9] net: mscc: ocelot: set up tag_8021q CPU
 ports independent of user port affinity

On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 06:57:48AM -0700, Colin Foster wrote:
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/patch/20220508185313.2222956-9-colin.foster@in-advantage.com/#24849610
> 
> From there:
> 
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(ocelot_chip_reset);
> 
> Please, switch to the namespace (_NS) variant of the exported-imported
> symbols for these drivers.
> 
> 
> I'm not sure the full motivation. But I agree, I can't imagine anyone
> else randomly naming and exporting another function of that name.
> 
> Just thought I'd ask.

Ok, I'm not going to namespace a new symbol when 62 others from ocelot.c
alone aren't. I'll ask Andy what was the intention if I manage to find
that email in my inbox, and maybe I'll consider namespacing them
separately.