[RFC][PATCH 8/8] module: Provide EXPORT_SYMBOL*_FOR() helpers

Peter Zijlstra posted 8 patches 1 week, 5 days ago
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[RFC][PATCH 8/8] module: Provide EXPORT_SYMBOL*_FOR() helpers
Posted by Peter Zijlstra 1 week, 5 days ago
Because Christoph and Masahiro-san asked for it :-)

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
---
 include/linux/export.h |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

--- a/include/linux/export.h
+++ b/include/linux/export.h
@@ -70,4 +70,7 @@
 #define EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS(sym, ns)	__EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, "", ns)
 #define EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(sym, ns)	__EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, "GPL", ns)
 
+#define EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR(sym, mods)	EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS(sym, "MODULE_" mods)
+#define EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR(sym, mods) EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(sym, "MODULE_" mods)
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_EXPORT_H */
Re: [RFC][PATCH 8/8] module: Provide EXPORT_SYMBOL*_FOR() helpers
Posted by Christoph Hellwig 1 week, 5 days ago
On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 11:54:38AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> +#define EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR(sym, mods)	EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS(sym, "MODULE_" mods)

I don't think we need a non-_GPL version of this, as the exports
obviously are for in-tree modules only.