Luis R. Rodriguez 582ed8d51e Documentation: extend use case for EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() ... Current documentation over use case for EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() only acknowledges functions which are "an internal implementation issue, and not really an interface". In practice these days though we have some maintainers taking on preferences to require all new functionality go in with EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(). A maintainer asking developers to use EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() for new functionality tends to be a well accepted and understood position that maintainers can take and typically requires the maintainers educating contributing developers on their own positions and requirements. Developers who submit code to maintainers not familiar with these preferences as optional for new functionality need explicit guidence though as existing documentation does not acknowledge this as a valid possibility. Without this being documented some maintainers are reluctant to accept new functionality with EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(). This extends the use case documentation for EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() to acknowledge acceptance for new functionality. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@suse.com> [jc: wording tweaked with permission] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>		2015-06-05 07:39:46 +09:00
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ABI	platform-drivers-x86 for 4.1	2015-04-26 13:44:46 -07:00
DocBook	Documentation: extend use case for EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()	2015-06-05 07:39:46 +09:00
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PCI	The documentation tree update for 4.1. Numerous fixes, the overdue removal	2015-04-18 11:10:49 -04:00
RCU	…
accounting	…
acpi	Power management and ACPI updates for v4.1-rc1	2015-04-14 20:21:54 -07:00
aoe	…
arm	ARM: SoC multiplatform code changes for v4.1	2015-04-22 09:20:15 -07:00
arm64	ARM64 / ACPI: additions of ACPI documentation for arm64	2015-03-26 15:13:09 +00:00
auxdisplay	…
backlight	…
blackfin	Docs: blackfin: Use new switch macro SAMPLE_IRQ_TIMER instead of IRQ_TIMER5	2015-05-07 09:35:14 -06:00
block	Documentation: Remove mentioning of block barriers	2015-03-20 07:41:56 -06:00
blockdev	Merge branch 'for-4.1/drivers' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block	2015-04-16 22:05:27 -04:00
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cdrom	…
cgroups	The documentation tree update for 4.1. Numerous fixes, the overdue removal	2015-04-18 11:10:49 -04:00
cma	cma: debug: document new debugfs interface	2015-04-14 16:49:00 -07:00
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cpu-freq	intel_pstate: Add num_pstates to sysfs	2015-01-30 01:52:17 +01:00
cpuidle	…
cris	…
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device-mapper	dm crypt: update URLs to new cryptsetup project page	2015-04-15 12:10:24 -04:00
devicetree	CRIS changes for 4.1	2015-04-26 13:31:05 -07:00
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driver-model	Char/Misc driver patches for 4.1-rc1	2015-04-21 09:42:58 -07:00
dvb	…
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extcon	…
fault-injection	…
fb	…
filesystems	docs: add VmPMD description in proc	2015-05-07 17:07:41 -06:00
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fmc	…
frv	…
gpio	gpiolib: Grammar s/an negative/a negative/	2015-05-22 09:31:15 -06:00
hid	HID: sensor: Update document for custom sensor	2015-04-10 22:22:56 +02:00
hwmon	hwmon: (it87) Add support for IT8620E	2015-04-05 06:01:00 -07:00
i2c	i2c: slave: add documentation for i2c-slave-eeprom	2015-03-27 16:53:39 +01:00
ia64	…
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infiniband	…
input	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input	2015-04-21 12:54:08 -07:00
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mtd	…
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networking	net: rfs: fix crash in get_rps_cpus()	2015-04-26 16:07:57 -04:00
nfc	…
nios2	…
parisc	…
pcmcia	…
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platform	…
power	Power management and ACPI updates for v4.1-rc1	2015-04-14 20:21:54 -07:00
powerpc	Revert "powerpc/tm: Abort syscalls in active transactions"	2015-04-30 15:24:58 +10:00
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pti	…
ptp	…
rapidio	…
s390	…
scheduler	docs/completion.txt: Various tweaks and corrections	2015-04-04 15:20:26 +02:00
scsi	…
security	Smack: Updates for Smack documentation	2015-03-31 10:35:31 -07:00
serial	…
sh	…
sound	ASoC: Updates for v4.1	2015-04-13 14:14:29 +02:00
spi	Documentation/spi/spidev_test.c: fix warning	2015-04-17 09:04:12 -04:00
sysctl	Doc/sysctl/kernel.txt: document threads-max	2015-04-17 09:04:07 -04:00
target	target: Version 2 of TCMU ABI	2015-04-19 22:40:26 -07:00
thermal	…
timers	…
tpm	…
trace	Documentation: tracing: fix grammar	2015-05-13 15:39:04 -04:00
usb	Documentation usb serial: fixed how to provide vendor and product id	2015-05-07 09:44:04 -06:00
vDSO	…
video4linux	[media] media/Documentation: New flag EXECUTE_ON_WRITE	2015-04-08 06:35:16 -03:00
virtual	KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Add fast real-mode H_RANDOM implementation.	2015-04-21 15:21:29 +02:00
vm	The documentation tree update for 4.1. Numerous fixes, the overdue removal	2015-04-18 11:10:49 -04:00
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watchdog	…
wimax	…
x86	x86/mm/KASLR: Propagate KASLR status to kernel proper	2015-04-03 15:26:15 +02:00
xtensa	…
zh_CN	Documentation/magic-number: Remove SCC_MAGIC	2015-05-13 15:39:04 -04:00
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CodingStyle	Documentation/CodingStyle: fix example macro parenthesis imbalance	2015-05-07 17:07:41 -06:00
DMA-API-HOWTO.txt	DMA-API: Spelling s/This/Think/	2015-05-22 09:30:47 -06:00
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DMA-ISA-LPC.txt	…
DMA-attributes.txt	…
HOWTO	…
IPMI.txt	…
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IRQ-domain.txt	IRQCHIP: Update docs regarding irq_domain_add_tree()	2015-04-01 17:21:35 +02:00
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Intel-IOMMU.txt	…
Makefile	…
ManagementStyle	…
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SubmittingPatches	SubmittingPatches: Clarify requirements for patches directed toward stable	2015-05-14 15:34:52 -04:00
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applying-patches.txt	…
assoc_array.txt	…
atomic_ops.txt	…
bad_memory.txt	…
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bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt	…
cachetlb.txt	…
circular-buffers.txt	…
clk.txt	…
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cpu-hotplug.txt	…
cpu-load.txt	…
cputopology.txt	…
crc32.txt	…
dcdbas.txt	…
debugging-modules.txt	…
debugging-via-ohci1394.txt	…
dell_rbu.txt	…
devices.txt	…
digsig.txt	…
dma-buf-sharing.txt	dma-buf: cleanup dma_buf_export() to make it easily extensible	2015-04-21 14:47:16 +05:30
dontdiff	…
dynamic-debug-howto.txt	…
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email-clients.txt	Documentation/email-clients.txt: Fix one grammar mistake, add extra info about TB	2015-03-20 07:41:55 -06:00
flexible-arrays.txt	…
futex-requeue-pi.txt	…
gcov.txt	…
gdb-kernel-debugging.txt	scripts/gdb: add basic documentation	2015-02-17 14:34:54 -08:00
highuid.txt	…
hsi.txt	…
hw_random.txt	…
hwspinlock.txt	…
init.txt	…
initrd.txt	…
intel_txt.txt	…
io-mapping.txt	…
io_ordering.txt	…
iostats.txt	…
irqflags-tracing.txt	…
isapnp.txt	…
java.txt	…
kasan.txt	Documentation: kasan: fix a typo	2015-05-07 17:07:41 -06:00
kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt	…
kernel-docs.txt	…
kernel-parameters.txt	Doc: Fix description of nomce in kernel-parameters.txt	2015-05-15 13:19:08 -04:00
kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt	…
kmemcheck.txt	Documentation: update the CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC description	2015-03-20 07:41:55 -06:00
kmemleak.txt	…
kobject.txt	…
kprobes.txt	kprobes: Update Documentation/kprobes.txt	2015-03-20 07:41:55 -06:00
kref.txt	…
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ldm.txt	…
local_ops.txt	…
lockup-watchdogs.txt	…
logo.gif	…
logo.txt	…
lzo.txt	…
magic-number.txt	Documentation/magic-number: Remove SCC_MAGIC	2015-05-13 15:39:04 -04:00
mailbox.txt	…
md-cluster.txt	…
md.txt	…
media-framework.txt	…
memory-barriers.txt	The documentation tree update for 4.1. Numerous fixes, the overdue removal	2015-04-18 11:10:49 -04:00
memory-hotplug.txt	mem-hotplug: fix typo in Documentation/memory-hotplug.txt	2015-03-20 07:41:55 -06:00
module-signing.txt	modsign: change default key details	2015-04-30 09:35:41 -07:00
mono.txt	…
nommu-mmap.txt	…
numastat.txt	…
oops-tracing.txt	…
padata.txt	…
parport-lowlevel.txt	…
parport.txt	…
percpu-rw-semaphore.txt	…
phy.txt	…
pi-futex.txt	…
pinctrl.txt	pinctrl: fix example .get_group_pins implementation signature	2015-03-18 02:02:20 +01:00
pnp.txt	…
preempt-locking.txt	…
printk-formats.txt	The documentation tree update for 4.1. Numerous fixes, the overdue removal	2015-04-18 11:10:49 -04:00
pwm.txt	…
ramoops.txt	…
rbtree.txt	…
remoteproc.txt	…
rfkill.txt	…
robust-futex-ABI.txt	…
robust-futexes.txt	…
rpmsg.txt	…
rtc.txt	Documentation, split up rtc.txt into documentation and test file	2015-03-24 22:01:58 -06:00
serial-console.txt	…
sgi-ioc4.txt	…
smsc_ece1099.txt	…
sparse.txt	…
stable_api_nonsense.txt	…
stable_kernel_rules.txt	stable: Update documentation to clarify preferred procedure	2015-05-22 09:38:56 -06:00
static-keys.txt	…
svga.txt	…
sysfs-rules.txt	…
sysrq.txt	…
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unaligned-memory-access.txt	…
unicode.txt	…
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volatile-considered-harmful.txt	…
workqueue.txt	…
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xz.txt	…
zorro.txt	…