On Wed, Dec 04, 2024 at 11:01:10AM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Since commit cdd30ebb1b9f ("module: Convert symbol namespace to string
> literal") the namespace has to be a string. Fix accordingly.
> In addition to the macros EXPORT_SYMBOL() and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(), that allow
> exporting of kernel symbols to the kernel symbol table, variants of these are
> available to export symbols into a certain namespace: EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS() and
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(). They take one additional argument: the namespace.
> -Please note that due to macro expansion that argument needs to be a
> -preprocessor symbol. E.g. to export the symbol ``usb_stor_suspend`` into the
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(). They take one additional argument: the namespace as a
> +C-string. E.g. to export the symbol ``usb_stor_suspend`` into the
But C-string is ambiguous. Is it now okay to use
static const char *p = "my constant C-string";
EXPORT_...(, p);
?
> namespace ``USB_STORAGE``, use::
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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
