linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Remove two unneeded exports and make two symbols static in fs/mpage.c

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Message-ID: <20090401113934.GB28946@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Wed, 1 Apr 2009 12:39:34 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Dmitri Vorobiev <dmitri.vorobiev@...ial.com>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	tytso@....edu, adilger@....com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	alex@...sterfs.com, aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove two unneeded exports and make two symbols
	static in fs/mpage.c

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:41:20AM +0300, Dmitri Vorobiev wrote:
> Commit 29a814d2ee0e43c2980f33f91c1311ec06c0aa35 (vfs: add hooks for
> ext4's delayed allocation support) exported the following functions
> 
> mpage_bio_submit()
> __mpage_writepage()
> 
> for the benefit of ext4's delayed allocation support. Since commit
> a1d6cc563bfdf1bf2829d3e6ce4d8b774251796b (ext4: Rework the
> ext4_da_writepages() function), these functions are not used by the
> ext4 driver anymore. However, the now unnecessary exports still
> remain, and this patch removes those. Moreover, these two functions
> can become static again.
> 
> The issue was spotted by namespacecheck.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitri Vorobiev <dmitri.vorobiev@...ial.com>

Applied.
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