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SubjectRe: [PATCH] drivers core: export symbols for device hotplug
On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 12:01:38AM +0900, Chanho Park wrote:
> To support module build for cpu hotplug driver on type-1 hypervisor
> such as drivers/xen/cpu_hotplug.c, we need to export below four symbols.
>
> lock_device_hotplug / unlock_device_hotplug
> device_online / device_offline
>
> Signed-off-by: Chanho Park <chanho61.park@samsung.com>
> ---
> drivers/base/core.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
> index d661ada1518f..1bfd0c54a778 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/core.c
> @@ -1586,11 +1586,13 @@ void lock_device_hotplug(void)
> {
> mutex_lock(&device_hotplug_lock);
> }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lock_device_hotplug);

Ick, really? Anyway, where is the follow-on patch that uses this in a
module? We need that in order to export these otherwise we will just
un-export them with no in-kernel users.

thanks,

greg k-h

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