Commit e26fa54604 ("rust: kbuild: auto generate helper exports")
removed the need for these by automatically generating the exports; it
removed the explicit uses of `EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL` but didn't remove the
`#include <linux/export.h>`s.
Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Reviewed-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241009162553.27845-2-tamird@gmail.com
[ Reworded title. - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
This removes the need to explicitly export all symbols.
Generate helper exports similarly to what's currently done for Rust
crates. These helpers are exclusively called from within Rust code and
therefore can be treated similar as other Rust symbols.
Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Reviewed-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240817165302.3852499-1-gary@garyguo.net
[ Fixed dependency path, reworded slightly, edited comment a bit and
rebased on top of the changes made when applying Andreas' patch
(e.g. no `README.md` anymore, so moved the edits). - Miguel ]
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
This patch splits up the rust helpers C file. When rebasing patch sets on
upstream linux, merge conflicts in helpers.c is common and time consuming
[1]. Thus, split the file so that each kernel component can live in a
separate file.
This patch lists helper files explicitly and thus conflicts in the file
list is still likely. However, they should be more simple to resolve than
the conflicts usually seen in helpers.c.
[ Removed `README.md` and undeleted the original comment since now,
in v3 of the series, we have a `helpers.c` again; which also allows
us to keep the "Sorted alphabetically" line and makes the diff easier.
In addition, updated the Documentation/ mentions of the file, reworded
title and removed blank lines at the end of `page.c`. - Miguel ]
Link: https://rust-for-linux.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/288089-General/topic/Splitting.20up.20helpers.2Ec/near/426694012 [1]
Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@samsung.com>
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Acked-by: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@de.bosch.com>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240815103016.2771842-1-nmi@metaspace.dk
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
