linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/6] mm: export shmem_zero

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Message-ID: <20150810074709.GA5696@infradead.org>
Date:	Mon, 10 Aug 2015 00:47:09 -0700
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Mike Rapoport <mike.rapoport@...il.com>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com>,
	Brian Swetland <swetland@...gle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] mm: export shmem_zero_setup for modules

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 09:24:20AM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> to allow building Android ASHMEM as module

NAK.  This is not functionality that should be used by a module to
start, and even if it was exporting functionality is only acceptable
for proper mainline modules, not code in the staging tree.
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