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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_rsa.c | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/anon_inodes.c | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/export.h | 2 |
4 files changed, 12 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst b/Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst index 32fc73dc5529..034898e81ba2 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst @@ -76,20 +76,21 @@ unit as preprocessor statement. The above example would then read:: within the corresponding compilation unit before the #include for <linux/export.h>. Typically it's placed before the first #include statement. -Using the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES() macro ------------------------------------------------ +Using the EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES() macro +------------------------------------------- Symbols exported using this macro are put into a module namespace. This -namespace cannot be imported. +namespace cannot be imported. These exports are GPL-only as they are only +intended for in-tree modules. The macro takes a comma separated list of module names, allowing only those modules to access this symbol. Simple tail-globs are supported. For example:: - EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES(preempt_notifier_inc, "kvm,kvm-*") + EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES(preempt_notifier_inc, "kvm,kvm-*") -will limit usage of this symbol to modules whoes name matches the given +will limit usage of this symbol to modules whose name matches the given patterns. How to use Symbols exported in Namespaces diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_rsa.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_rsa.c index d34093cc03ad..12a65b79583c 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_rsa.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_rsa.c @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ void rsa_enable(struct uart_8250_port *up) if (up->port.uartclk == SERIAL_RSA_BAUD_BASE * 16) serial_out(up, UART_RSA_FRR, 0); } -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES(rsa_enable, "8250_base"); +EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES(rsa_enable, "8250_base"); /* * Attempts to turn off the RSA FIFO and resets the RSA board back to 115kbps compat mode. It is @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ void rsa_disable(struct uart_8250_port *up) up->port.uartclk = SERIAL_RSA_BAUD_BASE_LO * 16; uart_port_unlock_irq(&up->port); } -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES(rsa_disable, "8250_base"); +EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES(rsa_disable, "8250_base"); void rsa_autoconfig(struct uart_8250_port *up) { @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ void rsa_autoconfig(struct uart_8250_port *up) if (__rsa_enable(up)) up->port.type = PORT_RSA; } -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES(rsa_autoconfig, "8250_base"); +EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES(rsa_autoconfig, "8250_base"); void rsa_reset(struct uart_8250_port *up) { @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ void rsa_reset(struct uart_8250_port *up) serial_out(up, UART_RSA_FRR, 0); } -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES(rsa_reset, "8250_base"); +EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES(rsa_reset, "8250_base"); #ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_DEPRECATED_OPTIONS #ifndef MODULE diff --git a/fs/anon_inodes.c b/fs/anon_inodes.c index 1d847a939f29..180a458fc4f7 100644 --- a/fs/anon_inodes.c +++ b/fs/anon_inodes.c @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ struct inode *anon_inode_make_secure_inode(struct super_block *sb, const char *n } return inode; } -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES(anon_inode_make_secure_inode, "kvm"); +EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES(anon_inode_make_secure_inode, "kvm"); static struct file *__anon_inode_getfile(const char *name, const struct file_operations *fops, diff --git a/include/linux/export.h b/include/linux/export.h index f35d03b4113b..a686fd0ba406 100644 --- a/include/linux/export.h +++ b/include/linux/export.h @@ -91,6 +91,6 @@ #define EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS(sym, ns) __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, "", ns) #define EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(sym, ns) __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, "GPL", ns) -#define EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES(sym, mods) __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, "GPL", "module:" mods) +#define EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES(sym, mods) __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, "GPL", "module:" mods) #endif /* _LINUX_EXPORT_H */ |