From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2.1 1/7] crypto: GnuPG based MPI lib - source files
 (part 1)
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:22:08 -0700
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On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 12:11:37PM +0300, Kasatkin, Dmitry wrote:
> >From Kernel Docbook
> 
>     Similar to <function>EXPORT_SYMBOL()</function> except that the
>     symbols exported by <function>EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()</function> can
>     only be seen by modules with a
>     <function>MODULE_LICENSE()</function> that specifies a GPL
>     compatible license.  It implies that the function is considered
>     an internal implementation issue, and not really an interface.
> 
> "not really an interface"....
> 
> Should it really be EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL?

Yes.