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Re: [PATCH] kexec: Export kexec_in_progress to modules

From David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] kexec: Export kexec_in_progress to modules
Date 2016-10-21 16:20 +0200
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From: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman)
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 00:26:55 -0500

> So as far as I can tell you are advocating for a change to support a
> driver doing something that is completely pointless.  So no let's not
> export this symbol.  Please fix the driver to do something less
> pointless instead.

FLorian explained his reasoning for doing what he is doing in this
specific driver and it made sense to me.

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[PATCH] kexec: Export kexec_in_progress to modules Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> - 2016-10-21 03:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] kexec: Export kexec_in_progress to modules David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-10-21 04:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] kexec: Export kexec_in_progress to modules ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) - 2016-10-21 07:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] kexec: Export kexec_in_progress to modules David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-10-21 16:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] kexec: Export kexec_in_progress to modules ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) - 2016-10-21 20:40 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] kexec: Export kexec_in_progress to modules Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> - 2016-10-21 20:50 +0200

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