netdev - Re: [PATCH v1 net-next] ipv4: Use EXPORT_IPV6_MOD_GPL() for ip_fib_metrics

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Message-ID: <aXpMF0DNTpmb7KGL@horms.kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:49:11 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...gle.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuni1840@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 net-next] ipv4: Use EXPORT_IPV6_MOD_GPL() for
 ip_fib_metrics_init().

On Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 08:13:20AM +0000, Kuniyuki Iwashima wrote:
> ip_fib_metrics_init() is only called from fib_create_info()
> and ip6_route_info_create().
> 
> Let's use EXPORT_IPV6_MOD_GPL() instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...gle.com>

Thanks,

This matches my undestanding of the purpose of EXPORT_IPV6_MOD_GPL, as per
commit 54568a84c95b ("net: introduce EXPORT_IPV6_MOD() and EXPORT_IPV6_MOD_GPL()")

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>

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