RE: [PATCH v3 2/6] efi/cper: Export cper_mem_err_unpack() for use by modules

From: Dan Williams
Date: Mon Apr 17 2023 - 19:08:26 EST


Terry Bowman wrote:
> The CXL driver plans to use cper_print_aer() for restricted CXL host (RCH)
> logging. This is not currently possible if CXL is built as a loadable
> module because cper_print_aer() depends on cper_mem_err_unpack() which
> is not exported.
>
> Export cper_mem_err_unpack() to enable cper_print_aer() usage in
> CXL and other loadable modules.
>
> Signed-off-by: Terry Bowman <terry.bowman@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-efi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c
> index 35c37f667781..ff15e12160ae 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c
> @@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ const char *cper_mem_err_unpack(struct trace_seq *p,
>
> return ret;
> }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cper_mem_err_unpack);

Looks ok to me. You could make it:

EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(cper_mem_err_unpack, CXL)

...to make it clear that this is really only meant to be consumed by the
CXL subsystem. That was also the approach taken with the otherwise
internal-only insert_resource_expand_to_fit() symbol.