linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Export symbols for splice in modules

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Message-ID: <20131008125229.GA8647@infradead.org>
Date:	Tue, 8 Oct 2013 05:52:29 -0700
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Christian Ruppert <christian.ruppert@...lis.com>
Cc:	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Export symbols for splice in modules

On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 02:38:18PM +0200, Christian Ruppert wrote:
> The symbols splice_to_pipe, splice_grow_spd and splice_shrink_spd are not
> currently exported from the kernel. This prevents the implementation of
> drivers using splice in modules not statically linked with the kernel. This
> patch exports those symbols to make it possible to implement splice in
> kernel modules.

Please submit these together with your drivers.  In general it seems
a higher level interface should be exported anyway.

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