linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/10] mm: swap: unexport __pagevec_lru

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Date:	Tue, 7 Jun 2016 11:07:06 +0200
From:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
To:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>, kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/10] mm: swap: unexport __pagevec_lru_add()

On Mon 06-06-16 15:48:28, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> There is currently no modular user of this function. We used to have
> filesystems that open-coded the page cache instantiation, but luckily
> they're all streamlined, and we don't want this to come back.

allmodconfig agrees with that

> Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>

Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>

> ---
>  mm/swap.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
> index 95916142fc46..d810c3d95c97 100644
> --- a/mm/swap.c
> +++ b/mm/swap.c
> @@ -860,7 +860,6 @@ void __pagevec_lru_add(struct pagevec *pvec)
>  {
>  	pagevec_lru_move_fn(pvec, __pagevec_lru_add_fn, NULL);
>  }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(__pagevec_lru_add);
>  
>  /**
>   * pagevec_lookup_entries - gang pagecache lookup
> -- 
> 2.8.3

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs