Re: [PATCH] x86: change cachemode symbols to non-gpl to avoid breaking out-of-tree modules

[Toshi Kani]

On Thu, 2015-01-22 at 12:43 +0100, Juergen Gross wrote:
> Commit 281d4078bec366d60990add9d91a952953bd0d72 ("x86: Make page
> cache mode a real type") introduced the symbols __cachemode2pte_tbl
> and __pte2cachemode_tbl and exported them via EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL.
> This will break building out-of-tree non-gpl modules which need to
> set caching mode in ptes.
> 
> Change EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL to EXPORT-SYMBOL for these two symbols.
> 
> Reported-by: Stevan Noonan <steven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxx>

-Toshi

> ---
>  arch/x86/mm/init.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init.c b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
> index 08a7d31..079c3b6 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/init.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
> @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ uint16_t __cachemode2pte_tbl[_PAGE_CACHE_MODE_NUM] = {
>  	[_PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WT]		= _PAGE_PCD,
>  	[_PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WP]		= _PAGE_PCD,
>  };
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__cachemode2pte_tbl);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(__cachemode2pte_tbl);
>  uint8_t __pte2cachemode_tbl[8] = {
>  	[__pte2cm_idx(0)] = _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WB,
>  	[__pte2cm_idx(_PAGE_PWT)] = _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WC,
> @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ uint8_t __pte2cachemode_tbl[8] = {
>  	[__pte2cm_idx(_PAGE_PCD | _PAGE_PAT)] = _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC_MINUS,
>  	[__pte2cm_idx(_PAGE_PWT | _PAGE_PCD | _PAGE_PAT)] = _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC,
>  };
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__pte2cachemode_tbl);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(__pte2cachemode_tbl);
>  
>  static unsigned long __initdata pgt_buf_start;
>  static unsigned long __initdata pgt_buf_end;


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