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From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware_loader: re-export fw_fallback_config into
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On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 06:05:44PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 20:31:40 +0000 Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> > From: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
> > 
> > Christoph's recent patch "firmware_loader: remove unused exports", which
> > is not merged upstream yet, removed two exported symbols. One is fine to
> > remove since only built-in code uses it but the other is incorrect.
> > 
> > If CONFIG_FW_LOADER=m so the firmware_loader is modular but
> > CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=y we fail at mostpost with:
> > 
> > ERROR: modpost: "fw_fallback_config" [drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware_class.ko] undefined!
> > 
> > This happens because the variable fw_fallback_config is built into the
> > kernel if CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=y always, so we need to grant
> > access to the firmware loader module by exporting it.
> > 
> > Instead of just exporting it as we used to, take advantage of the new
> > kernel symbol namespacing functionality, and export the symbol only to
> > the firmware loader private namespace. This would prevent misuses from
> > other drivers and makes it clear the goal is to keep this private to
> > the firmware loader alone.
> > 
> > Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> > Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> > Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
> > Fixes: "firmware_loader: remove unused exports"
> 
> Can't help but notice this strange form of the Fixes tag, is it
> intentional?

Yeah, no there is no commit for the patch as the commit is ephemeral in
a development tree not yet upstream, ie, not on Linus' tree yet. Using a
commit here then makes no sense unless one wants to use a reference
development tree in this case, as development trees are expected to
rebase to move closer towards Linus' tree. When a tree rebases, the
commit IDs change, and this is why the commit is ephemeral unless
one uses a base tree / branch / tag.

  Luis