Re: [PATCH v3 2/6] efi/cper: Export cper_mem_err_unpack() for use by modules

From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
To: Terry Bowman <terry.bowman@amd.com>
Cc: alison.schofield@intel.com, vishal.l.verma@intel.com,
	ira.weiny@intel.com, bwidawsk@kernel.org,
	dan.j.williams@intel.com, dave.jiang@intel.com,
	Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com, linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org,
	rrichter@amd.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	bhelgaas@google.com, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/6] efi/cper: Export cper_mem_err_unpack() for use by modules
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 13:04:47 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMj1kXH38KnOsX+QffXi_UO3ZKXJMpB=VcSzJFeYBron=GTbdw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230411180302.2678736-3-terry.bowman@amd.com>

On Tue, 11 Apr 2023 at 20:03, Terry Bowman <terry.bowman@amd.com> wrote:
>
> The CXL driver plans to use cper_print_aer() for restricted CXL host (RCH)
> logging. This is not currently possible if CXL is built as a loadable
> module because cper_print_aer() depends on cper_mem_err_unpack() which
> is not exported.
>
> Export cper_mem_err_unpack() to enable cper_print_aer() usage in
> CXL and other loadable modules.
>
> Signed-off-by: Terry Bowman <terry.bowman@amd.com>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
> Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org

Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>

> ---
>  drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c
> index 35c37f667781..ff15e12160ae 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c
> @@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ const char *cper_mem_err_unpack(struct trace_seq *p,
>
>         return ret;
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cper_mem_err_unpack);
>
>  static void cper_print_mem(const char *pfx, const struct cper_sec_mem_err *mem,
>         int len)
> --
> 2.34.1
>