Re: [PATCH] printk: Move EXPORT_SYMBOL() closer to vprintk definition

From: Petr Mladek
Date: Wed Jun 16 2021 - 03:21:43 EST


On Wed 2021-06-16 08:56:01, Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Tue 2021-06-15 08:50:45, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> > On 15/06/2021 01.56, Punit Agrawal wrote:
> > > Commit 28e1745b9fa2 ("printk: rename vprintk_func to vprintk") while
> > > improving readability by removing vprintk indirection, inadvertently
> > > placed the EXPORT_SYMBOL() for the newly renamed function at the end
> > > of the file.
> > >
> > > For reader sanity, and as is convention move the EXPORT_SYMBOL()
> > > declaration just after the end of the function.
> > >
> > > Fixes: 28e1745b9fa2 ("printk: rename vprintk_func to vprintk")
> > > Signed-off-by: Punit Agrawal <punitagrawal@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > --
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > The out-of-place EXPORT_SYMBOL() caused an unexpected conflict while
> > > attempting to rebase the RT patches onto newer kernels.

Ah, this is the explanation. I am sorry for the noise.

> > > Generally I avoid sending trivial changes on their own but this one is
> > > a little hard to overlook. Also it felt like an obvious oversight in
> > > the original patch.
> >
> > Petr, as this is causing trouble for the -rt patchset, please consider
> > if this could make it to Linus before v5.13 release.

Punit, John, would you mind when I queue this change for-5.14?
It seems that, you, RT-guys already handled this, so it will not help
much if I sent it now. It does not look appropriate to send just a single
cosmetic fix few days before rc7.

Best Regards,
Petr