From: David Laight > Sent: 05 August 2015 10:52 > To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.2-rc5] workqueue: Make flush_workqueue() available > again to non GPL modules > > > From: Tejun Heo > > Date: 2015-08-04 18:05:20 > > On Tue, Aug 04, 2015 at 11:26:04AM -0600, tim.gard...@canonical.com wrote: > > > From: Tim Gardner <tim.gard...@canonical.com> > > > > > > Commit 37b1ef31a568fc02e53587620226e5f3c66454c8 ("workqueue: move > > > flush_scheduled_work() to workqueue.h") moved the exported non GPL > > > flush_scheduled_work() from a function to an inline wrapper. > > > Unfortunately, it directly calls flush_workqueue() which is a GPL > > > function. > > > This has the effect of changing the licensing requirement for this > > > function > > > and makes it unavailable to non GPL modules. > > > > > > See commit ad7b1f841f8a54c6d61ff181451f55b68175e15a ("workqueue: Make > > > schedule_work() available again to non GPL modules") for precedent. > > > > > > Cc: Tejun Heo <t...@kernel.org> > > > Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gard...@canonical.com> > > > > Applied to wq/for-4.3. > > I hit this yesterday afternoon as well! > > Can we get the fix into 4.2 itself ?
This doesn't seem to be in 4.2 yet. It is an interface regression that will cause grief. David (I'm not subscribed to linux-kernel, so copy me in any responses.) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/