Re: [PATCH] x86/fpu: Remove the _GPL from the kernel_fpu_begin/end() export

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Thu May 02 2019 - 12:55:52 EST


On Thu, May 02, 2019 at 09:29:01AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> I'm not saying that we should export things for ZFS's benefit. But,
> as far as I know, _GPL means "this interface is sufficiently specific
> to Linux details that we think that any user must be a derived work".
> I don't think that kernel_fpu_begin() is an example of that.

But it is sufficiently specific. It is present on x86 and s390 only -
other arches don't have it.

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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