Re: [PATCH 2/2] driver core: remove device_change_owner() export

From: Danilo Krummrich

Date: Thu Feb 05 2026 - 08:15:52 EST


On Thu Feb 5, 2026 at 2:09 PM CET, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> The function, device_change_owner() is exported for modules to use,
> but there are no in-kernel users of it, so remove the export to prevent
> out-of-tree code from thinking this is a safe function to call.
>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>