On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 01:17:05PM +0100, Matthias Maennich wrote: > A script that uses the '<module>.ns_deps' file generated by modpost to > automatically add the required symbol namespace dependencies to each > module. > > Usage: > 1) Move some symbols to a namespace with EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS() or define > DEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE > 2) Run 'make' (or 'make modules') and get warnings about modules not > importing that namespace. > 3) Run 'make nsdeps' to automatically add required import statements > to said modules. > > This makes it easer for subsystem maintainers to introduce and maintain > symbol namespaces into their codebase. > > Co-developed-by: Martijn Coenen <maco@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Martijn Coenen <maco@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Matthias Maennich <maennich@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- I really can't express just how cool this patch is. I was amazed when I first saw it in action a long time ago, and still am. Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
