Re: [PATCH 1/2] soc: export soc_device_to_device symbol

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 11:12:29AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 18/09/2021 09:02, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 07:51:33PM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> >> In case if soc-bus drivers are modules soc_device_to_device() has to be
> >> exported.  Since it is trivial, export it as non-GPL.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/base/soc.c | 1 +
> >>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/base/soc.c b/drivers/base/soc.c
> >> index 0af5363a582c..ac8db303daa1 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/base/soc.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/base/soc.c
> >> @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ struct device *soc_device_to_device(struct soc_device *soc_dev)
> >>  {
> >>  	return &soc_dev->dev;
> >>  }
> >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(soc_device_to_device);
> > 
> > I thought we were getting rid of the use of this function, why export it
> > and not just fix it up instead?
> > 
> > Or am I confused about some other soc device abuse...
> 
> I was not aware of discussion about soc_device_to_device(). Thanks for
> pointing out the issue. I googled a little and found previous talks:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20191111052741.GB3176397@xxxxxxxxx/
> 
> I can easily get rid of soc_device_to_device() in my driver, so first
> patch won't be needed.

Wonderful, thanks for fixing that up.

greg k-h