Re: [PATCH] driver core:Export the symbol device_is_bound

From: Matthias Kaehlcke
Date: Tue Jun 16 2020 - 16:49:01 EST


On Wed, Jun 03, 2020 at 12:09:52AM +0530, Sandeep Maheswaram wrote:
> Export the symbol device_is_bound so that it can be used by the modules.
> This change was suggested to solve the allmodconfig build error on adding
> the patch https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1218628/

nit: the last two lines aren't particularly interesting in the commit log,
this could be mentioned below '---'.

It might make sense to group the two patches in a series, which would make
the dependency more evident.

> Signed-off-by: Sandeep Maheswaram <sanm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/base/dd.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
> index 9a1d940..65d16ce 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/dd.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
> @@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ bool device_is_bound(struct device *dev)
> {
> return dev->p && klist_node_attached(&dev->p->knode_driver);
> }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_is_bound);
>
> static void driver_bound(struct device *dev)
> {

Reviewed-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@xxxxxxxxxxxx>