Quoting Nikolay Borisov (n.borisov.l...@gmail.com):
> This patch changes the export attributes of the init_user_ns from
> GPL-only to any modules. This needed so that non-gpl modules, such as
> ZFS, utilize functions like i_(uid|gid)_(read|write).
>
> Signed-off-by: Nikolay Borisov <n.borisov.l...@gmail.com>
Seems reasonable to me,
Acked-by: Serge E. Hallyn <serge.hal...@ubuntu.com>
but it seems clear the decision belongs to Eric.
thanks,
-serge
> ---
> kernel/user.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/user.c b/kernel/user.c
> index b069ccbfb0b0..8bbd4e628b6e 100644
> --- a/kernel/user.c
> +++ b/kernel/user.c
> @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ struct user_namespace init_user_ns = {
> __RWSEM_INITIALIZER(init_user_ns.persistent_keyring_register_sem),
> #endif
> };
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(init_user_ns);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_user_ns);
>
> /*
> * UID task count cache, to get fast user lookup in "alloc_uid"
> --
> 2.7.4
>
