Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: non-GPL export for eeh_dev_check_failure

From: One Thousand Gnomes <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 15:51:40 +0100

On Tue, 05 Aug 2014 20:12:09 +0530
Vishal Mansur <[email-masked]> wrote:

> EEH kernel services are inconsistently exported by the 
> kernel. eeh_check_failure is exported for any use, but 
> eeh_dev_check_failure is exported only for GPL use. 
> While eeh_check_failure is implemented for a specific 
> purpose to be used by services such as readl, it is 
> not suited for a purpose where caller needs eeh status. 
> This functionality is provided by eeh_dev_check_failure.
> 
> This patch relaxes the export for eeh_dev_check_failure
> to make it consistent with eeh_check_failure() and 
> usable by non-GPL modules.

The GPL covers all derivative works. Tweaking this doesn't magically
allow you to use the feature in non GPL code. Your legal department can I
am sure explain in detail further.

Alan