Re: [PATCH v2] dma-buf: move dma-buf symbols into the DMA_BUF module namespace

[Christian König]

Am 25.10.21 um 12:36 schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman:
> On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 02:46:28PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman 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: "Pan, Xinhui" <Xinhui.Pan@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: David Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Maxime Ripard <mripard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Acked-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@xxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@xxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > v2: added lots of acks
> >      added 2 more drivers that needed the change, as found by Arnd
> Ping?  Any ideas on what needs to happen to get this into the tree?
>
> Or can I take it through my char-misc tree?  I seem to have a bunch of
> acks on it by the respective maintainers...

I could push that upstream through the drm-misc-next tree if you like, 
but honestly char-misc sounds like the better approach since this 
touches a lot of drivers outside of drm as well.

Thanks,
Christian.

> thanks,
>
> greg k-h