[PATCH] dma-buf: Use EXPORT_SYMBOL

Alan Cox alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Wed Jan 18 03:48:35 PST 2012


On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:08:17 -0800
Robert Morell <rmorell at nvidia.com> wrote:

> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL is intended to be used for "an internal implementation
> issue, and not really an interface".  The dma-buf infrastructure is
> explicitly intended as an interface between modules/drivers, so it
> should use EXPORT_SYMBOL instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert Morell <rmorell at nvidia.com>

Please get a Signed-off-by: from the original authors. In some eyes you
are making what is a licensing change, and that needs the rights holders
permissions.

So this patch at the very least needs approval from TI and Linaro.





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