1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index e40c950e1d62..4824f26a0dc2 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -372,13 +372,18 @@ extern const char hex_asc[];
 #define hex_asc_lo(x)   hex_asc[((x) & 0x0f)]
 #define hex_asc_hi(x)   hex_asc[((x) & 0xf0) >> 4]
 
-static inline char *pack_hex_byte(char *buf, u8 byte)
+static inline char *hex_byte_pack(char *buf, u8 byte)
 {
         *buf++ = hex_asc_hi(byte);
         *buf++ = hex_asc_lo(byte);
         return buf;
 }
 
+static inline char * __deprecated pack_hex_byte(char *buf, u8 byte)
+{
+        return hex_byte_pack(buf, byte);
+}
+
 extern int hex_to_bin(char ch);
 extern int __must_check hex2bin(u8 *dst, const char *src, size_t count);