Re: [PATCH] ACPI / property: Export a couple of symbols.

[Mika Westerberg]

On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 05:23:19PM -0700, David Daney wrote:
> From: David Daney <david.daney@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The acpi_dev_prop_read() and acpi_dev_prop_read_single() can be called
> by drivers.  Add EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL to them to allow use by modular
> drivers.  This makes them consistent with acpi_dev_get_property() and
> acpi_node_get_property_reference() which are already exported.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Daney <david.daney@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> FWIW: We hope to submit soon Cavium Thunder networking patches that
> fail under modular builds without these exports.

You should not be using these functions directly in drivers.