linux_dsm_epyc7002/Documentation/DocBook
Luis R. Rodriguez 582ed8d51e Documentation: extend use case for EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()
Current documentation over use case for EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()
only acknowledges functions which are "an internal implementation
issue, and not really an interface". In practice these days
though we have some maintainers taking on preferences to require
all new functionality go in with EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL().

A maintainer asking developers to use EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()
for new functionality tends to be a well accepted and understood
position that maintainers can take and typically requires the
maintainers educating contributing developers on their own
positions and requirements.

Developers who submit code to maintainers not familiar with
these preferences as optional for new functionality need explicit
guidence though as existing documentation does not acknowledge
this as a valid possibility. Without this being documented some
maintainers are reluctant to accept new functionality with
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL().

This extends the use case documentation for EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()
to acknowledge acceptance for new functionality.

Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@suse.com>
[jc: wording tweaked with permission]
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2015-06-05 07:39:46 +09:00
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media Merge branch 'drm-next-merged' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~airlied/linux into v4l_for_linus 2015-04-21 09:44:55 -03:00
.gitignore doc: Add "*.svg" to DocBook/.gitignore 2013-12-02 14:49:19 +01:00
80211.tmpl wireless: docs: fix 'make pdfdocs' failure 2015-01-28 08:53:58 +01:00
alsa-driver-api.tmpl ALSA: doc: Fix missing "I" for kerneldoc inclusion 2014-10-30 15:42:33 +01:00
crypto-API.tmpl crypto: doc - AEAD / RNG AF_ALG interface 2015-03-09 21:06:18 +11:00
debugobjects.tmpl
device-drivers.tmpl Fix docs build failure caused by i2o removal 2015-02-16 12:52:08 -07:00
deviceiobook.tmpl
drm.tmpl Merge Linus master into drm-next 2015-04-20 13:05:20 +10:00
filesystems.tmpl htmldocs: fix bio.c location 2014-05-20 08:17:35 -06:00
gadget.tmpl usb: patches for v3.17 merge window 2014-07-21 11:33:41 -07:00
genericirq.tmpl DocBook: fix various typos 2014-07-12 11:30:36 -07:00
kernel-api.tmpl DocBook: include !Emm/util.c in kernel-api to include, kzfree and more 2013-12-02 14:42:57 +01:00
kernel-hacking.tmpl Documentation: extend use case for EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() 2015-06-05 07:39:46 +09:00
kernel-locking.tmpl locking/Documentation: Move locking related docs into Documentation/locking/ 2014-08-13 10:32:03 +02:00
kgdb.tmpl KGDB/KDB New: 2015-02-20 15:13:29 -08:00
libata.tmpl DocBook: fix various typos 2014-07-12 11:30:36 -07:00
librs.tmpl
lsm.tmpl
Makefile DocBook: Do not exceed argument list limit 2015-01-28 11:33:44 -07:00
media_api.tmpl DocBook: fix various typos 2014-07-12 11:30:36 -07:00
mtdnand.tmpl DocBook: fix mtdnand typos 2014-07-12 11:30:36 -07:00
networking.tmpl
rapidio.tmpl
regulator.tmpl DocBook: fix various typos 2014-07-12 11:30:36 -07:00
s390-drivers.tmpl
scsi.tmpl
sh.tmpl
stylesheet.xsl
tracepoint.tmpl
uio-howto.tmpl pdfdocs: Fix 'make pdfdocs' failure for 'uio-howto.tmpl' 2015-02-03 15:48:51 -08:00
usb.tmpl usb: hub: rename khubd to hub_wq in documentation and comments 2014-09-23 22:33:19 -07:00
w1.tmpl w1: format for DocBook and fixes 2014-02-07 15:40:18 -08:00
writing_musb_glue_layer.tmpl documentation: docbook: document process of writing an musb glue layer 2014-05-12 12:34:47 -05:00
writing_usb_driver.tmpl doc: fix misspellings with 'codespell' tool 2013-05-28 12:02:12 +02:00
writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl ALSA: doc: Recommend the use of snd_ctl_elem_info() 2014-10-20 18:06:04 +02:00
z8530book.tmpl