Re: [PATCH 1/3] arch: Export machine_restart() instances so they can be called from modules

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 5:56 PM Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A recent attempt to convert the Power Reset Restart driver to tristate
> failed because of the following compile error (reported once merged by
> Stephen Rothwell via Linux Next):
>
>   ERROR: "machine_restart" [drivers/power/reset/restart-poweroff.ko] undefined!
>
> This error occurs since some of the machine_restart() instances are
> not currently exported for use in modules.  This patch aims to rectify
> that.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>

> NB: If it's safe to omit some of these, let me know and I'll revise the patch.

How do you plan to handle that? Isn't this an all-or-nothing export?

>  arch/m68k/kernel/process.c         | 1 +

Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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