From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BC55C38A2A for ; Fri, 8 May 2020 12:01:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB595208DB for ; Fri, 8 May 2020 12:01:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726946AbgEHMBU (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 May 2020 08:01:20 -0400 Received: from mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com ([148.163.156.1]:16142 "EHLO mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726618AbgEHMBT (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 May 2020 08:01:19 -0400 Received: from pps.filterd (m0098396.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]) by mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com (8.16.0.42/8.16.0.42) with SMTP id 048BVrbm107591; Fri, 8 May 2020 08:00:41 -0400 Received: from ppma02fra.de.ibm.com (47.49.7a9f.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com [159.122.73.71]) by mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com with ESMTP id 30vtsgj728-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 08 May 2020 08:00:41 -0400 Received: from pps.filterd (ppma02fra.de.ibm.com [127.0.0.1]) by ppma02fra.de.ibm.com (8.16.0.27/8.16.0.27) with SMTP id 048BtUNX028185; Fri, 8 May 2020 12:00:38 GMT Received: from b06avi18626390.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (b06avi18626390.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com [9.149.26.192]) by ppma02fra.de.ibm.com with ESMTP id 30s0g5df5t-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 08 May 2020 12:00:37 +0000 Received: from d06av24.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (d06av24.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com [9.149.105.60]) by b06avi18626390.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id 048BxPqC66453866 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 8 May 2020 11:59:25 GMT Received: from d06av24.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by IMSVA (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4C0042047; Fri, 8 May 2020 12:00:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from d06av24.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by IMSVA (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97B3642041; Fri, 8 May 2020 12:00:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from vajain21-in-ibm-com (unknown [9.85.93.12]) by d06av24.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (Postfix) with SMTP; Fri, 8 May 2020 12:00:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: by vajain21-in-ibm-com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 08 May 2020 17:30:31 +0530 From: Vaibhav Jain To: Borislav Petkov Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Aneesh Kumar K . V" , Michael Ellerman , Steven Rostedt , Piotr Maziarz , Cezary Rojewski Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 2/5] seq_buf: Export seq_buf_printf() to external modules In-Reply-To: <20200508113100.GA19436@zn.tnic> References: <20200508104922.72565-1-vaibhav@linux.ibm.com> <20200508104922.72565-3-vaibhav@linux.ibm.com> <20200508113100.GA19436@zn.tnic> Date: Fri, 08 May 2020 17:30:31 +0530 Message-ID: <87blmy8wm8.fsf@linux.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:6.0.216,18.0.676 definitions=2020-05-08_08:2020-05-07,2020-05-08 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 adultscore=0 mlxscore=0 impostorscore=0 lowpriorityscore=0 priorityscore=1501 mlxlogscore=966 spamscore=0 phishscore=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 clxscore=1015 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.12.0-2003020000 definitions=main-2005080097 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Boris, Borislav Petkov writes: > On Fri, May 08, 2020 at 04:19:19PM +0530, Vaibhav Jain wrote: >> 'seq_buf' provides a very useful abstraction for writing to a string >> buffer without needing to worry about it over-flowing. However even >> though the API has been stable for couple of years now its stills not >> exported to external modules limiting its usage. >> >> Hence this patch proposes update to 'seq_buf.c' to mark >> seq_buf_printf() which is part of the seq_buf API to be exported to >> external GPL modules. This symbol will be used in later parts of this > > What is "external GPL modules"? I am referring to Kernel Loadable Modules with MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") here. > > -- > Regards/Gruss, > Boris. > > https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette > _______________________________________________ > Linux-nvdimm mailing list -- linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org > To unsubscribe send an email to linux-nvdimm-leave@lists.01.org