On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 05:40:32PM +0000, Michael Kelley wrote: > From: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 10:35 AM > > > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 09:46:22AM -0700, Michael Kelley wrote: > > > The Hyper-V frame buffer driver may be built as a module, and > > > it needs access to screen_info. So export screen_info. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > --- > > > arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c | 1 + > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c > > > index d0cf596..8ff557a 100644 > > > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c > > > @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ static __init pteval_t > > create_mapping_protection(efi_memory_desc_t *md) > > > > > > /* we will fill this structure from the stub, so don't put it in .bss */ > > > struct screen_info screen_info __section(.data); > > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(screen_info); > > > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()? > > > > I have to ask :) > > It's also just EXPORT_SYMBOL(screen_info) in the x86, PowerPC, and Alpha > architectures. I know that doesn't guarantee it's right, but I'll have to defer > to the appropriate subsystem maintainers for whether it really should be > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL. Ok, fair enough, your original patch is fine. thanks, greg k-h
