netdev - Re: [RFC net-next 04/10] devlink: always check if the devlink instance is registered

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Date:   Tue, 3 Jan 2023 13:26:30 +0100
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     jacob.e.keller@...el.com, leon@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 04/10] devlink: always check if the devlink
 instance is registered

Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 02:19:47AM CET, kuba@...nel.org wrote:

[...]


>+bool devl_is_alive(struct devlink *devlink)
>+{
>+	return xa_get_mark(&devlinks, devlink->index, DEVLINK_REGISTERED);
>+}
>+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devl_is_alive);

Why is this exported? Drivers should not use this, as you said.