Re: [PATCH 1/2] soc: export soc_device_to_device symbol

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

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@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...

thanks,

greg k-h