Re: [PATCH 1/2] doc: module: Fix documented type of namespace

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Wed, Dec 04, 2024 at 11:01:10AM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Since commit cdd30ebb1b9f ("module: Convert symbol namespace to string
> literal") the namespace has to be a string. Fix accordingly.

>  In addition to the macros EXPORT_SYMBOL() and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(), that allow
>  exporting of kernel symbols to the kernel symbol table, variants of these are
>  available to export symbols into a certain namespace: EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS() and
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(). They take one additional argument: the namespace.
> -Please note that due to macro expansion that argument needs to be a
> -preprocessor symbol. E.g. to export the symbol ``usb_stor_suspend`` into the
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(). They take one additional argument: the namespace as a
> +C-string. E.g. to export the symbol ``usb_stor_suspend`` into the

But C-string is ambiguous. Is it now okay to use

static const char *p = "my constant C-string";

EXPORT_...(, p);

?

>  namespace ``USB_STORAGE``, use::

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko