Re: [PATCH 2/2] of: export of_device_add()

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

On Thu, Nov 03, 2022 at 03:12:33PM +0100, Marek Szyprowski wrote:
> Export of_device_add() function to let DWC3 driver (Exynos variant) to
> instantiate DWC3 core device from the respective child OF-node with a
> custom, addtional properties added.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
> ---
>  drivers/of/device.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/of/device.c b/drivers/of/device.c
> index 8cefe5a7d04e..bc60c9b6863c 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/device.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/device.c
> @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ int of_device_add(struct platform_device *ofdev)
>  
>  	return device_add(&ofdev->dev);
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_device_add);

I do not see any user of this symbol after this patch (no 3/2?)

So why is it needed?  No driver should ever be calling this function
directly.

thanks,

greg k-h