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Date:   Wed, 28 Apr 2021 08:36:06 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 09/13] vfio/mdev: Remove vfio_mdev.c
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On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 08:07:03AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 05:00:11PM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > Preserve VFIO's design of allowing mdev drivers to be !GPL by allowing the
> > three functions that replace this module for !GPL usage. This goes along
> > with the other 19 symbols that are already marked !GPL in VFIO.
> 
> NAK.  This was a sneak by Nvidia to try a GPL condom, and now that we
> remove that not working condom it does not mean core symbols can be
> just changed.

Agreed, these symbols should not be changed.

thanks,

greg k-h