Re: [PATCH] kobject: Export kobject_rename for pci_hotplug_core

From: Alex Chiang
Date: Thu Jun 05 2008 - 11:11:54 EST


* Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:05:59 +0900 Kenji Kaneshige <kaneshige.kenji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > 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?

Originally, gregkh told me "no" because then he would have to
deal with a bunch of patching removing an unused interface, which
is why it showed up as a separate patch in my series.

> > I think "No", because currently its only required by Alex's "pci slot"
> > patches.
>
> In that case the fix should be integrated into the patch which it is
> fixing.
>
> Well, it doesn't _have_ to be integrated because in this case it can
> precede acpi-pci-slot-detection-driver.patch. But we might as well
> fold it, to keep the commit noise level down.

Ok, that makes sense to me.

/ac

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