linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v3 11/12] ext4: Stop providing .writepage hook

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Date:   Tue, 6 Dec 2022 23:38:50 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:     Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        "Ritesh Harjani (IBM)" <ritesh.list@...il.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 11/12] ext4: Stop providing .writepage hook

On Tue, Dec 06, 2022 at 11:52:25AM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> I don't expect any objection. The only reason we didn't export that
> function when I've added it was that only blkdev code was using it and that
> cannot be compiled as a module. Should I send a patch to 
> 
> I've added a patch to the series to export this function. It is attached.
> 
> I can also repost the whole series if these are the only changes that block
> the inclusion.

I'd do an EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL, but otherwise the export looks fine, and it
would be good to get this conversion going!