Messages in this thread | | | From | Vaibhav Jain <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v7 2/5] seq_buf: Export seq_buf_printf() to external modules | Date | Sun, 10 May 2020 18:38:20 +0530 |
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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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