[PATCH v2 1/2] of: module: Export of_device_uevent()

Rob Herring robh at kernel.org
Wed Jun 14 23:34:51 UTC 2023


On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 05:56:33PM +0200, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> The content of of_device_uevent() is currently hardcoded in a driver
> that can be compiled as a module. Nothing prevents of_device_uevent() to
> be exported to modules, most of the other helpers in of/device.c
> actually are. The reason why this helper was not exported is because it
> has been so far only useful in drivers/base, which is built-in anyway.
> 
> With the idea of getting rid of the hardcoded implementation of
> of_device_uevent() in other places in the kernel, let's export it to GPL
> modules (very much like its cousins in the same file).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal at bootlin.com>
> ---
>  drivers/of/device.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Assuming Thierry will pick this series up.

Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh at kernel.org>

> 
> diff --git a/drivers/of/device.c b/drivers/of/device.c
> index 0f00f1b80708..90131de6d75b 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/device.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/device.c
> @@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ void of_device_uevent(const struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
>  	}
>  	mutex_unlock(&of_mutex);
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_device_uevent);
>  
>  int of_device_uevent_modalias(const struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
>  {
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 


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