Re: [PATCH V2] VFIO driver: Non-privileged user level PCI drivers

[Avi Kivity]

On 06/11/2010 04:58 AM, Tom Lyon wrote:
> On Thursday 10 June 2010 10:27:36 am Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
>    
> > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(uiommu_fdget);
> > >        
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
> > .. snip
> >      
> > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(uiommu_put);
> > >        
> > ditto.
> >
> >      
> Is there a definitive explanation somewhere of when to use each?
>    

Always use _GPL unless you have a defensible reason why you shouldn't.  
The kernel's license if GPL, exporting a symbol without GPL can be seen 
as adding an exception to the license.

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