Re: [PATCH v2 01/12] leds: core: Use EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL consistently

[Pavel Machek]

On Fri 2015-10-09 10:19:48, Jacek Anaszewski wrote:
> On 10/08/2015 05:51 PM, Pavel Machek wrote:
> >On Mon 2015-09-28 17:13:39, Jacek Anaszewski wrote:
> >>This patch isn't going to be applied since it can cause
> >>legal implications for existing users.
> >>
> >
> >Are there any? Best do this ASAP :-).
> 
> Current non-GPL users of led_set_brightness would be affected if we
> changed this. I am not however certain if there are any, having in
> mind

Actually, _GPL or not is just an annotation, it has little legal
power.

> that led_classdev_register is exported with EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL.
> Theoretically it is possible to use led_set_brightness without
> registering LED class device, but it would be partially broken then
> due to not initialized set_brightness_work.
> I think that it would be safe to apply this patch.
> I need acks, though :)

Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx>
								Pavel
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