[PATCH v1] arm64/fpsimd: Make kernel_neon_ API _GPL

Will Deacon will at kernel.org
Tue Nov 8 09:38:41 PST 2022


On Mon, 7 Nov 2022 17:07:47 +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> Currently for reasons lost in the mists of time the kernel_neon_ APIs are
> EXPORT_SYMBOL() but the general policy for floating point usage is that it
> should be GPL only given the non-standard runtime environment that holds
> while it is in use and PCS impacts when code is compiled for FP usage.
> 
> Given the limited existing deployment of non-GPL modules for arm64 and the
> fact that other architectures like x86 already make their equivalent
> functions GPL only this is not expected to be disruptive to existing users.
> 
> [...]

Applied to arm64 (for-next/fpsimd), thanks!

[1/1] arm64/fpsimd: Make kernel_neon_ API _GPL
      https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/aaeca9845643

Cheers,
-- 
Will

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