From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v8 2/9] pci: Export find_pci_host_bridge() function.
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 12:26:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <12857279.nHR7kEbqBW@wuerfel> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACoXjcn5wdOwQx6PSfhTyuo-FQqBL62o-MNj3i6EfENRnUNt6g@mail.gmail.com>
On Wednesday 02 July 2014 13:43:41 Tanmay Inamdar wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> > I think EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() is better here. The new symbols are unlikely
> > to be used by a peripheral device driver, and PCI host controllers are
> > already restricted by EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL.
> >
>
> You are right as long as the functions are not used directly. But what
> if GPL functions are called indirectly. For example, 'pci_domain_nr'
> implementation in Liviu's V7 series calls 'find_pci_host_bridge'.
Good point. If pci_domain_nr() doesn't require access to an EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
symbol, it should not start doing that after this patch.
For of_create_pci_host_bridge() however, I can't think of any reason to use
a legacy EXPORT_SYMBOL.
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-07-03 10:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 92+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-07-01 18:43 [PATCH v8 0/9] Support for creating generic PCI host bridges from DT Liviu Dudau
2014-07-01 18:43 ` [PATCH v8 1/9] Fix ioport_map() for !CONFIG_GENERIC_IOMAP cases Liviu Dudau
2014-07-01 18:43 ` [PATCH v8 2/9] pci: Export find_pci_host_bridge() function Liviu Dudau
2014-07-02 18:06 ` Tanmay Inamdar
2014-07-02 19:12 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-07-02 20:43 ` Tanmay Inamdar
2014-07-03 9:53 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-03 10:26 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2014-07-07 23:27 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2014-07-08 10:42 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-01 18:43 ` [PATCH v8 3/9] pci: Introduce pci_register_io_range() helper function Liviu Dudau
2014-07-01 19:36 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-07-01 20:45 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-02 12:30 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-07-02 14:23 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-02 14:58 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-07-02 11:22 ` Will Deacon
2014-07-02 16:00 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-02 12:38 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-07-02 13:20 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-08 0:14 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2014-07-08 7:00 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-07-08 21:29 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2014-07-08 22:45 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-09 6:32 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-07-09 9:13 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-09 6:20 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-07-09 9:14 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-09 15:21 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2014-07-08 10:40 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-08 14:14 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-07-09 8:59 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-01 18:43 ` [PATCH v8 4/9] pci: OF: Fix the conversion of IO ranges into IO resources Liviu Dudau
2014-07-05 19:25 ` Rob Herring
2014-07-05 20:46 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-07-07 11:11 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-07 21:22 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-07-08 10:03 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-09 8:31 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-07-09 9:27 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-16 14:35 ` Rob Herring
2014-07-16 14:47 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-16 14:47 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-07-01 18:43 ` [PATCH v8 5/9] pci: Create pci_host_bridge before its associated bus in pci_create_root_bus Liviu Dudau
2014-07-01 18:43 ` [PATCH v8 6/9] pci: Introduce a domain number for pci_host_bridge Liviu Dudau
2014-07-08 0:59 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2014-07-08 10:46 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-08 18:41 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2014-07-08 22:48 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-09 15:10 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2014-07-10 9:47 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-10 22:36 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2014-07-11 9:30 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-11 14:11 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-07-11 15:08 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-11 16:09 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-07-11 17:02 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2014-07-11 18:02 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-07-14 16:39 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-07-22 3:15 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2014-07-25 15:42 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-07-01 18:43 ` [PATCH v8 7/9] pci: of: Parse and map the IRQ when adding the PCI device Liviu Dudau
2014-07-02 11:17 ` Will Deacon
2014-07-05 19:04 ` Rob Herring
2014-07-01 18:43 ` [PATCH v8 8/9] pci: Add support for creating a generic host_bridge from device tree Liviu Dudau
2014-07-01 20:50 ` [RESEND] " Liviu Dudau
2014-07-01 21:04 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-02 11:22 ` Will Deacon
2014-07-02 17:23 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-02 17:31 ` Will Deacon
2014-07-02 19:09 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-07-08 1:01 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2014-07-08 10:29 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-08 21:33 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2014-07-08 22:27 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-08 22:37 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2014-07-08 22:57 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-09 6:47 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-07-11 7:43 ` Jingoo Han
2014-07-11 9:08 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-01 18:43 ` [PATCH v8 9/9] pci: Remap I/O bus resources into CPU space with pci_remap_iospace() Liviu Dudau
2014-07-14 16:54 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-07-14 16:56 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-14 18:15 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-07-15 0:14 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-15 9:09 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-07-06 15:23 ` [PATCH v8 0/9] Support for creating generic PCI host bridges from DT Rob Herring
2014-07-07 11:12 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-08 17:18 ` Liviu Dudau
2014-07-11 0:44 ` Tanmay Inamdar
2014-07-11 7:33 ` Jingoo Han
2014-07-11 9:11 ` Liviu Dudau
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