Re: [PATCH v2 06/15] auxdisplay: linedisp: Move exported symbols to a namespace

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Thu Feb 15 2024 - 05:05:06 EST


On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 6:04 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Avoid unnecessary pollution of the global symbol namespace by
> moving library functions in to a specific namespace and import
> that into the drivers that make use of the functions.
>
> For more info: https://lwn.net/Articles/760045/
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert


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