[PATCH 1/2] soc: export soc_device_to_device symbol
Krzysztof Kozlowski
krzysztof.kozlowski at canonical.com
Sun Sep 19 02:12:29 PDT 2021
On 18/09/2021 09:02, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 07:51:33PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> In case if soc-bus drivers are modules soc_device_to_device() has to be
>> exported. Since it is trivial, export it as non-GPL.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski at canonical.com>
>> ---
>> drivers/base/soc.c | 1 +
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/base/soc.c b/drivers/base/soc.c
>> index 0af5363a582c..ac8db303daa1 100644
>> --- a/drivers/base/soc.c
>> +++ b/drivers/base/soc.c
>> @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ struct device *soc_device_to_device(struct soc_device *soc_dev)
>> {
>> return &soc_dev->dev;
>> }
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(soc_device_to_device);
>
> I thought we were getting rid of the use of this function, why export it
> and not just fix it up instead?
>
> Or am I confused about some other soc device abuse...
I was not aware of discussion about soc_device_to_device(). Thanks for
pointing out the issue. I googled a little and found previous talks:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20191111052741.GB3176397@kroah.com/
I can easily get rid of soc_device_to_device() in my driver, so first
patch won't be needed.
Best regards,
Krzysztof
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