Re: [PATCH 2/4] modpost: make updating the symbol namespace explict

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Oct 11 2019 - 11:33:24 EST


On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 04:14:41PM +0100, Matthias Maennich wrote:
> Setting the symbol namespace of a symbol within sym_add_exported feels
> displaced and lead to issues in the current implementation of symbol
> namespaces. This patch makes updating the namespace an explicit call to
> decouple it from adding a symbol to the export list.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthias Maennich <maennich@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>