Re: [PATCH] dma-buf: move dma-buf symbols into the DMA_BUF module namespace

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Sun Oct 10 2021 - 08:43:04 EST


On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 11:00:14AM -0400, Alex Deucher wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 7:15 AM Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Greg,
> >
> > Thanks for the patch!
> >
> > On Sat, 25 Sept 2021 at 19:17, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> In order to better track where in the kernel the dma-buf code is used,
> >> put the symbols in the namespace DMA_BUF and modify all users of the
> >> symbols to properly import the namespace to not break the build at the
> >> same time.
> >>
> >> Now the output of modinfo shows the use of these symbols, making it
> >> easier to watch for users over time:
> >>
> >> $ modinfo drivers/misc/fastrpc.ko | grep import
> >> import_ns: DMA_BUF
> >>
> >> Cc: Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: "Christian König" <christian.koenig@xxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@xxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: "Pan, Xinhui" <Xinhui.Pan@xxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: David Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel@xxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Maxime Ripard <mripard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> > With the addition of the 2 misses found by Arnd, please feel free to add my
> > Acked-by: Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Same here.
>
> Acked-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@xxxxxxx>

Thanks both of you for your acks.

greg k-h