Re: [PATCH] livepatch: make klp_mutex proper part of API

[Josh Poimboeuf]

On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 10:16:00AM +0100, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> From: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx>
> 
> klp_mutex is shared between core.c and transition.c, and as such would 
> rather be properly located in livepatch.h so that we don't have to play 
> 'extern' games from .c sources.
> 
> This also silences sparse warning (wrongly) suggesting that klp_mutex 
> should be defined static.

include/linux/livepatch.h is the public interface, whereas klp_mutex is
a private implementation detail.  I think it would be a better fit in
kernel/livepatch/core.h (though that file doesn't yet exist).

-- 
Josh