Messages in this thread | | | From | Andy Shevchenko <> | Date | Mon, 25 Jul 2022 23:39:39 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] powerpc: drop dependency on <asm/machdep.h> in archrandom.h |
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On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 6:19 PM Yury Norov <yury.norov@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 09:28:12AM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 12:19 AM Yury Norov <yury.norov@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pm_power_off); > > > > ^^^ (Note this and read below) > > > > ... > > > > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(arch_get_random_seed_long); > > > > It can't be like this. Brief browsing of the callees shows that. > > Is my understanding correct that you're suggesting to make it GPL? > > ppc_md is exported with EXPORT_SYMBOL(), and the function is in header, > so it's available for non-GPL code now. I don't want to change it.
The symbols your function calls are GPL. As far as I understand (not a lawyer!) it logically one may not call GPL and pretend to be non-GPL.
-- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
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