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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Paul Cercueil <paul@crapouillou.net>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
	"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
	David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>, Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>,
	list@opendingux.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] drivers core: Export driver_deferred_probe_check_state()
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2021 21:34:25 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YQw9QVwL6we3dsrS@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210805192110.90302-2-paul@crapouillou.net>

On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 09:21:08PM +0200, Paul Cercueil wrote:
> Export this function as a GPL symbol, so that it can be used from
> modules.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Cercueil <paul@crapouillou.net>
> ---
>  drivers/base/dd.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
> index daeb9b5763ae..658f1527a58b 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/dd.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
> @@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ int driver_deferred_probe_check_state(struct device *dev)
>  
>  	return -EPROBE_DEFER;
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_deferred_probe_check_state);

Drivers should never need to mess with this, it is for only a small set
of busses to use only.

Why do you think this is needed by a driver?

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2021-08-05 19:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-08-05 19:21 [PATCH 0/2] gpu/drm: ingenic: Handle disabled drivers Paul Cercueil
2021-08-05 19:21 ` [PATCH 1/2] drivers core: Export driver_deferred_probe_check_state() Paul Cercueil
2021-08-05 19:34   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2021-08-05 19:21 ` [PATCH 2/2] gpu/drm: ingenic: Add workaround for disabled drivers Paul Cercueil
2021-08-05 19:35   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-08-05 20:05     ` Paul Cercueil
2021-08-06 10:17       ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-08-06 11:01         ` Paul Cercueil
2021-08-10  9:35           ` Daniel Vetter
2021-08-10 10:33             ` Paul Cercueil
2021-08-10 10:59               ` Daniel Vetter
2021-08-10 11:58                 ` Paul Cercueil
2021-08-10  9:47           ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-08-10 10:40             ` Paul Cercueil
2021-08-10 10:52               ` Daniel Vetter

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