Re: [PATCH] of: rexport of_find_next_cache_node()

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Wed Oct 11 2023 - 10:06:19 EST


On Wed, Oct 11, 2023, at 15:59, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 03:14:08PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>>
>> This function is now called from a cpufreq driver, but that breaks the
>> build when the caller is in a loadable module, because of a missing
>> export:
>>
>> ERROR: modpost: "of_find_next_cache_node" [drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-nvmem.ko] undefined!
>>
>> Export this as a GPL-only symbol, like the other related functions in
>> this file.
>>
>> Fixes: 7683a63c08ff5 ("cpufreq: qcom-nvmem: create L2 cache device")
>> Fixes: a3e31b4588443 ("of: Move definition of of_find_next_cache_node into common code.")
>
> I am bit confused as I see commit a3e31b4588443 didn't drop the export.
> So how is this change fixing that commit ?

My mistake, I was looking for the commit that initially introduced
the function, but didn't notice that this just moved it from powerpc.

I could have used "Fixes: e523f723d69cd ("powerpc: Add
of_find_next_cache_node()")", but it's probably best to just
leave that line out entirely.

Arnd