Re: [PATCH V2] VFIO driver: Non-privileged user level PCI drivers

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On 06/11/2010 04:58 AM, Tom Lyon wrote:
On Thursday 10 June 2010 10:27:36 am Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(uiommu_fdget);
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
.. snip
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(uiommu_put);
ditto.

Is there a definitive explanation somewhere of when to use each?

Always use _GPL unless you have a defensible reason why you shouldn't. The kernel's license if GPL, exporting a symbol without GPL can be seen as adding an exception to the license.

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