linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/4] kmod: Un-export call_usermodehelper

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Date:	Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:23:33 -0700
From:	Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, <keyrings@...ux-nfs.org>,
	<linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	NFS list <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>,
	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>,
	"Bhamare, Sachin" <sbhamare@...asas.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>,
	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] kmod: Un-export call_usermodehelper_freeinfo()


call_usermodehelper_freeinfo() is not used outside of kmod.c. So
unexport it, and make it static to kmod.c

Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>
---
 include/linux/kmod.h |    4 ----
 kernel/kmod.c        |    3 +--
 2 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kmod.h b/include/linux/kmod.h
index 722f477..936d197 100644
--- a/include/linux/kmod.h
+++ b/include/linux/kmod.h
@@ -80,10 +80,6 @@ void call_usermodehelper_setfns(struct subprocess_info *info,
 /* Actually execute the sub-process */
 int call_usermodehelper_exec(struct subprocess_info *info, enum umh_wait wait);
 
-/* Free the subprocess_info. This is only needed if you're not going
-   to call call_usermodehelper_exec */
-void call_usermodehelper_freeinfo(struct subprocess_info *info);
-
 static inline int
 call_usermodehelper_fns(char *path, char **argv, char **envp,
 			enum umh_wait wait,
diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c
index a0a8854..c268f34 100644
--- a/kernel/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -191,13 +191,12 @@ fail:
 	do_exit(0);
 }
 
-void call_usermodehelper_freeinfo(struct subprocess_info *info)
+static void call_usermodehelper_freeinfo(struct subprocess_info *info)
 {
 	if (info->cleanup)
 		(*info->cleanup)(info);
 	kfree(info);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_freeinfo);
 
 /* Keventd can't block, but this (a child) can. */
 static int wait_for_helper(void *data)
-- 
1.7.6.2

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