On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 03:54:37PM +0200, Dominique Martinet wrote: > Alexander Kapshuk wrote on Sun, Jun 21, 2020: > > Export symbol __lock_task_sighand, so it is accessible from code compiled > > as modules. > > This fixes the following modpost error: > > ERROR: modpost: "__lock_task_sighand" [net/9p/9pnet.ko] undefined! > > This can't fix something that's not broken (yet)! :) > > I think it'd make more sense to describe why you think we should export > it, rather than describe a precise usecase e.g. justify why this would > be interesting to use from modules (e.g. it would help modules like 9p > take a lock on the current signal handler safely and cleanly through > lock_task_sighand()) > > > > Christian, Andrew - assuming this passes reviews from someone else I'm > not sure how to go forward with this; it'd be simpler for me if I could > take it in the 9p tree as I need it for the patch Alexander pointed at, > but I'm not normally touching any file outside of the 9p tree. > Is it better to let either of you take it normally (I think it'd be > you?) and wait for that to land, or can I take it in my tree for the > next merge window?
Hm, I don't think the patch is really needed though; see my other mail. :) Christian
