Re: [PATCH] kobject: Export kobject_rename for pci_hotplug_core

[Andrew Morton]

On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 14:16:06 -0600 Alex Chiang <achiang@xxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Kenji Kaneshige <kaneshige.kenji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Export kobject_rename() to fix the following link error.  This happens when
> pci_hotplug_core driver is compiled as a kernel module.
> 
> ERROR: "kobject_rename" [drivers/pci/hotplug/pci_hotplug.ko] undefined!
> make[1]: *** [__modpost] Error 1
> make: *** [modules] Error 2
> make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kenji Kaneshige <kaneshige.kenji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Alex Chiang <achiang@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen.c.accardi@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Chiang <achiang@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  lib/kobject.c |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
> index 718e510..dcade05 100644
> --- a/lib/kobject.c
> +++ b/lib/kobject.c
> @@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ out:
>  
>  	return error;
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobject_rename);

Shouldn't this go straight into 2.6.26?

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