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
EDID	…
PCI	The documentation tree update for 4.1. Numerous fixes, the overdue removal	2015-04-18 11:10:49 -04:00
RCU	Merge branches 'doc.2015.01.07a', 'fixes.2015.01.15a', 'preempt.2015.01.06a', 'srcu.2015.01.06a', 'stall.2015.01.16a' and 'torture.2015.01.11a' into HEAD	2015-01-15 23:34:34 -08:00
accounting	Documentation: use subdir-y to avoid unnecessary built-in.o files	2014-09-26 11:02:55 +02:00
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	Documentation: use subdir-y to avoid unnecessary built-in.o files	2014-09-26 11:02:55 +02:00
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
bus-devices	…
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
connector	w1: optional bundling of netlink kernel replies	2014-05-27 13:56:21 -07:00
console	…
cpu-freq	intel_pstate: Add num_pstates to sysfs	2015-01-30 01:52:17 +01:00
cpuidle	…
cris	…
crypto	crypto: doc - AEAD / RNG AF_ALG interface	2015-03-09 21:06:18 +11:00
development-process	Documentation: remove outdated references to the linux-next wiki	2014-10-28 09:06:11 -04:00
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
dmaengine	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.infradead.org/users/vkoul/slave-dma	2015-02-18 08:49:20 -08:00
driver-model	Char/Misc driver patches for 4.1-rc1	2015-04-21 09:42:58 -07:00
dvb	[media] get_dvb_firmware: Update firmware of ITEtech IT9135	2014-09-21 17:03:04 -03:00
early-userspace	…
extcon	…
fault-injection	…
fb	…
filesystems	docs: add VmPMD description in proc	2015-05-07 17:07:41 -06:00
firmware_class	doc: fix minor typos in firmware_class README	2014-07-17 18:43:40 -07:00
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	virtual: Documentation: simplify and generalize paravirt_ops.txt	2015-02-13 17:15:44 +10:30
ide	…
infiniband	IB/mad: add new ioctl to ABI to support new registration options	2014-08-10 20:36:00 -07:00
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
ioctl	platform/chrome: Add Chrome OS EC userspace device interface	2015-02-26 15:45:06 -08:00
isdn	…
ja_JP	…
kbuild	Merge branch 'misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild	2015-02-19 10:31:37 -08:00
kdump	kernel: add panic_on_warn	2014-12-10 17:41:10 -08:00
ko_KR	…
laptops	thinkpad_acpi: Add adaptive_kbd_mode sysfs attr	2015-03-03 09:00:08 -08:00
leds	Documentation: leds: Add description of LED Flash class extension	2015-03-09 17:18:00 -07:00
locking	Documentation changes for 3.20	2015-02-11 13:03:11 -08:00
m68k	…
memory-devices	…
metag	…
mic	Documentation: Build mic/mpssd only for x86_64	2014-12-05 11:18:36 -05:00
mips	Documentation: au1xxx-ide.c has moved	2014-08-26 09:35:53 +02:00
misc-devices	Documentation/misc-devices/mei: Fix indentation of embedded code.	2015-01-29 12:56:20 -07:00
mmc	…
mn10300	…
mtd	MTD updates for 3.16:	2014-06-11 08:35:34 -07:00
namespaces	…
netlabel	…
networking	net: rfs: fix crash in get_rps_cpus()	2015-04-26 16:07:57 -04:00
nfc	…
nios2	Documentation: Add documentation for Nios2 architecture	2014-12-08 12:56:06 +08:00
parisc	…
pcmcia	Documentation: use subdir-y to avoid unnecessary built-in.o files	2014-09-26 11:02:55 +02:00
phy	…
platform	Documentation: Add list of laptop models supported by the Compal driver	2014-06-10 19:11:06 -04:00
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
pps	…
prctl	Documentation: Restrict TSC test code to x86	2014-10-28 08:46:27 -04:00
pti	…
ptp	ptp: restore the makefile for building the test program.	2014-10-24 16:07:10 -04:00
rapidio	rapidio/tsi721_dma: rework scatter-gather list handling	2014-08-08 15:57:24 -07:00
s390	s390/docs: Remove section about script debugging from Debugging390.txt	2015-01-15 11:11:14 +01:00
scheduler	docs/completion.txt: Various tweaks and corrections	2015-04-04 15:20:26 +02:00
scsi	genirq: Remove the deprecated 'IRQF_DISABLED' request_irq() flag entirely	2015-03-05 20:53:06 +01:00
security	Smack: Updates for Smack documentation	2015-03-31 10:35:31 -07:00
serial	serial: Fix locking for uart driver set_termios() method	2014-11-05 18:53:54 -08:00
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	Documentation: thermal: document of_cpufreq_cooling_register()	2015-01-06 14:39:17 -04:00
timers	documentation: Update NO_HZ_FULL interaction with POSIX timers	2015-02-26 11:57:29 -08:00
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	vdso: don't require 64-bit math in standalone test	2014-10-25 10:53:44 -04:00
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
w1	w1: new w1_ds2406 driver	2014-06-19 17:45:14 -07:00
watchdog	Documentation: use subdir-y to avoid unnecessary built-in.o files	2014-09-26 11:02:55 +02:00
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
00-INDEX	Update of Documentation/dmaengine/00-INDEX	2014-12-29 15:28:24 -07:00
BUG-HUNTING	…
Changes	Documentation: GNU is frequently spelled Gnu	2014-12-29 15:33:17 -07:00
CodeOfConflict	Code of Conflict	2015-02-27 11:44:24 -08:00
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
DMA-API.txt	DMA-API: Capitalize "CPU" consistently	2014-05-26 17:28:27 -06:00
DMA-ISA-LPC.txt	…
DMA-attributes.txt	…
HOWTO	Documentation: remove outdated references to the linux-next wiki	2014-10-28 09:06:11 -04:00
IPMI.txt	ipmi: Add SMBus interface driver (SSIF)	2014-12-11 15:04:11 -06:00
IRQ-affinity.txt	…
IRQ-domain.txt	IRQCHIP: Update docs regarding irq_domain_add_tree()	2015-04-01 17:21:35 +02:00
IRQ.txt	…
Intel-IOMMU.txt	…
Makefile	Documentation: Remove ZBOOT MMC/SDHI utility and docs	2015-02-24 06:45:25 +09:00
ManagementStyle	…
SAK.txt	…
SM501.txt	…
SecurityBugs	…
SubmitChecklist	…
SubmittingDrivers	doc: SubmittingPatches: remove dead link, kerneltrap.org no longer works	2014-06-19 15:15:27 +02:00
SubmittingPatches	SubmittingPatches: Clarify requirements for patches directed toward stable	2015-05-14 15:34:52 -04:00
VGA-softcursor.txt	…
applying-patches.txt	Documentation: change "&" to "and" in Documentation/applying-patches.txt	2014-09-26 11:10:11 +02:00
assoc_array.txt	…
atomic_ops.txt	documentation: Clarify memory-barrier semantics of atomic operations	2015-02-26 11:57:31 -08:00
bad_memory.txt	…
basic_profiling.txt	…
bcache.txt	…
binfmt_misc.txt	binfmt_misc: touch up documentation a bit	2014-10-14 02:18:16 +02:00
braille-console.txt	…
bt8xxgpio.txt	…
btmrvl.txt	…
bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt	…
cachetlb.txt	rmap: drop support of non-linear mappings	2015-02-10 14:30:31 -08:00
circular-buffers.txt	…
clk.txt	clk: Add rate constraints to clocks	2015-02-02 14:23:42 -08:00
coccinelle.txt	…
cpu-hotplug.txt	cpumask: fix cpu-hotplug documentation	2015-03-05 13:37:01 +10:30
cpu-load.txt	…
cputopology.txt	…
crc32.txt	…
dcdbas.txt	…
debugging-modules.txt	…
debugging-via-ohci1394.txt	firewire: revert to 4 GB RDMA, fix protocols using Memory Space	2014-05-29 15:50:30 +02:00
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	…
edac.txt	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial into next	2014-06-04 08:50:34 -07:00
efi-stub.txt	…
eisa.txt	…
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	doc: Fix misnamed FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI op constants	2015-01-19 12:05:32 +01:00
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	documentation: Update per-CPU kthreads documentation	2015-02-26 11:57:30 -08:00
kmemcheck.txt	Documentation: update the CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC description	2015-03-20 07:41:55 -06:00
kmemleak.txt	Documentation: Add CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF case	2014-10-24 13:59:03 -04:00
kobject.txt	kobject: grammar fix	2014-12-08 09:07:11 -05:00
kprobes.txt	kprobes: Update Documentation/kprobes.txt	2015-03-20 07:41:55 -06:00
kref.txt	…
kselftest.txt	kselftest: Move the docs to the Documentation dir	2014-11-24 10:49:54 -07:00
ldm.txt	…
local_ops.txt	percpu: update local_ops.txt to reflect this_cpu operations	2014-12-13 12:42:53 -08:00
lockup-watchdogs.txt	lockup-watchdogs: Fix a typo	2014-08-26 09:35:52 +02:00
logo.gif	…
logo.txt	…
lzo.txt	Documentation: lzo: document part of the encoding	2014-09-28 11:08:00 +02:00
magic-number.txt	Documentation/magic-number: Remove SCC_MAGIC	2015-05-13 15:39:04 -04:00
mailbox.txt	Documentation: Fix a typo in mailbox.txt	2014-11-03 11:54:50 -05:00
md-cluster.txt	md-cluster: Design Documentation	2015-02-23 07:16:46 -06:00
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	fs: introduce f_op->mmap_capabilities for nommu mmap support	2015-01-20 14:02:58 -07:00
numastat.txt	…
oops-tracing.txt	livepatch: kernel: add TAINT_LIVEPATCH	2014-12-22 15:40:48 +01:00
padata.txt	…
parport-lowlevel.txt	…
parport.txt	…
percpu-rw-semaphore.txt	…
phy.txt	phy: improved lookup method	2014-11-21 19:48:50 +05:30
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	pstore-ram: Allow optional mapping with pgprot_noncached	2014-12-11 13:38:31 -08:00
rbtree.txt	…
remoteproc.txt	…
rfkill.txt	rfkill: document rfkill module parameters	2015-01-09 23:22:12 +01:00
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	Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt: Add device attribute error code documentation	2014-09-19 14:44:51 -07:00
sysrq.txt	…
this_cpu_ops.txt	Docs: this_cpu_ops: remove redundant add forms	2014-09-26 11:03:00 +02:00
unaligned-memory-access.txt	…
unicode.txt	…
unshare.txt	…
vfio.txt	drivers/vfio: EEH support for VFIO PCI device	2014-08-05 15:28:48 +10:00
vgaarbiter.txt	…
video-output.txt	…
vme_api.txt	…
volatile-considered-harmful.txt	…
workqueue.txt	…
xillybus.txt	xillybus: Move out of staging	2014-09-23 23:44:16 -07:00
xz.txt	…
zorro.txt	…