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SubjectRe: [PATCH v7 2/5] seq_buf: Export seq_buf_printf() to external modules
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Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> writes:

> Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> writes:
>> On Fri, May 08, 2020 at 04:19:19PM +0530, Vaibhav Jain wrote:
>>> 'seq_buf' provides a very useful abstraction for writing to a string
>>> buffer without needing to worry about it over-flowing. However even
>>> though the API has been stable for couple of years now its stills not
>>> exported to external modules limiting its usage.
>>>
>>> Hence this patch proposes update to 'seq_buf.c' to mark
>>> seq_buf_printf() which is part of the seq_buf API to be exported to
>>> external GPL modules. This symbol will be used in later parts of this
>>
>> What is "external GPL modules"?
>
> A module that has MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") ?

Yes, by "external GPL modules" I meant Kernel lodable modules with
licensed as "GPL"

~ Vaibhav
>
> cheers

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