Re: [PATCH v19 04/14] cxl: Tighten CPER kfifo registration API and symbol visibility

[Alison Schofield]

On Mon, Aug 03, 2026 at 05:18:00PM -0500, Terry Bowman wrote:
> From: Dan Williams <djbw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Tighten the CPER protocol error kfifo registration API and symbol
> visibility.
> 
> Use EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES() instead of EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL() for
> the CPER kfifo registration symbols. This names the consuming module
> explicitly and gives compile-time enforcement.
> 
> Drop the work_struct argument from the unregister path. Change the
> WARN_ONCE condition to a NULL check since there is no caller pointer
> to compare against anymore.
> 
> Return void from the registration helpers whose result callers ignore.
> cxl_cper_register_work() keeps its int return as the only one consumed by
> a caller. Flag double registration with WARN_ONCE() inside the lock
> instead of returning an error.
> 
> Change cxl_ras_init() to void because there is one consumer and one
> producer so the error return was unnecessary. Remove the now-dead error
> check in cxl_core_init().

Reviewed-by: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@xxxxxxxxx>