Re: [PATCH net] octeontx2-af: nix: Export CN10K admin queue enqueue mbox handler

From: Christoph Hellwig

Date: Fri Sep 25 2026 - 02:45:26 EST


On Mon, Sep 21, 2026 at 03:02:41PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:03:10 +0530 Ratheesh Kannoth wrote:
> > > - [High] New EXPORT_SYMBOL() with no in-tree consumer:
> > > `EXPORT_SYMBOL(rvu_mbox_handler_nix_cn10k_aq_enq)` is added in…
> > Can i post this patch to net-next as consumer is out of tree ?
>
> No, we don't carry exports for OOT code upstream.

Btw, someone really should do an audit of all the octeontx2
exports. There is a lot of them, they are non-GPL and non-namespaces
which is a bit of a red flag.

Similar the drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/prestera is really weirdly
split into two drivers for no reason at all.