On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 08:49:59PM +0300, efremov@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > The function skcipher_walk_next declared as static and marked as > EXPORT_SYMBOL. It's a bit confusing since export symbol means that > we want others to use this function. The area of visibility for such > function is its .c file and all other modules. Other *.c files of the > same module can't use it, despite all other modules can. Relying on > that such behavior was not the original intention, the patch just > removes the static keyword. > > Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org). > > Signed-off-by: Denis Efremov <efremov@xxxxxxxxx> Why not remove the EXPORT_SYMBOL instead? It has no users outside the file. - Eric
