linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/swap: cleanup *lru_cache

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Message-ID: <535195AC.1070702@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 18 Apr 2014 17:14:20 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Jianyu Zhan <nasa4836@...il.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	minchan@...nel.org, hannes@...xchg.org, shli@...nel.org,
	bob.liu@...cle.com, sjenning@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	iamjoonsoo.kim@....com, aquini@...hat.com, mgorman@...e.de,
	aarcange@...hat.com, khalid.aziz@...cle.com
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/swap: cleanup *lru_cache_add* functions

On 04/18/2014 11:39 AM, Jianyu Zhan wrote:
> Hi, Christoph Hellwig,
> 
>> There are no modular users of lru_cache_add, so please don't needlessly
>> export it.
> 
> yep, I re-checked and found there is no module user of neither 
> lru_cache_add() nor lru_cache_add_anon(), so don't export it.
> 
> Here is the renewed patch:
> ---
> 
> In mm/swap.c, __lru_cache_add() is exported, but actually there are
> no users outside this file. However, lru_cache_add() is supposed to
> be used by vfs, or whatever others, but it is not exported.
> 
> This patch unexports __lru_cache_add(), and makes it static.
> It also exports lru_cache_add_file(), as it is use by cifs, which
> be loaded as module.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jianyu Zhan <nasa4836@...il.com>

Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>


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