Re: [PATCH v1 2/9] pwm: lpss: Move exported symbols to PWM_LPSS namespace

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Wed Sep 07 2022 - 13:02:15 EST


On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 05:21:53PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 11:11:44AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 10:57:28PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

...

> > > -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pwm_lpss_probe);
> > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(pwm_lpss_probe, PWM_LPSS);
> >
> > There is something possible with more magic:
> > #define DEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE PWM_LPSS
> >
> > which you only need once in pwm-lpss.c and then all exports use that
> > namespace. (And if you pick up my suggestion for patch 1 you also
> > benefit from that.)
>
> For a single export (even for a few of them) it's an overkill.

Ah, you adding there 4 more. But still I think it's an overkill. It's so small
driver that duplicating namespace in each of the exported symbols is not an
issue, is it?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko