module: Rename EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES to EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES
authorVlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Fri, 8 Aug 2025 13:28:47 +0000 (15:28 +0200)
committerChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:16:36 +0000 (16:16 +0200)
commit6d3c3ca4c77e93660cce5819bf707f75df03e0c8
tree3ac9bd84d47d80628e18f29b1ccc821a071db6b5
parent593d9e4c3d634c370f226f55453c376bf43b3684
module: Rename EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES to EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES

Christoph suggested that the explicit _GPL_ can be dropped from the
module namespace export macro, as it's intended for in-tree modules
only. It would be possible to restrict it technically, but it was
pointed out [2] that some cases of using an out-of-tree build of an
in-tree module with the same name are legitimate. But in that case those
also have to be GPL anyway so it's unnecessary to spell it out in the
macro name.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aFleJN_fE-RbSoFD@infradead.org/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAK7LNATRkZHwJGpojCnvdiaoDnP%2BaeUXgdey5sb_8muzdWTMkA@mail.gmail.com/
Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg@amd.com>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Nicolas Schier <n.schier@avm.de>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@samsung.com>
Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250808-export_modules-v4-1-426945bcc5e1@suse.cz
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Documentation/core-api/symbol-namespaces.rst
drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_rsa.c
fs/anon_inodes.c
include/linux/export.h