linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] file: export __fd

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Message-ID: <20180730163231.GB27761@infradead.org>
Date:   Mon, 30 Jul 2018 09:32:31 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>
Cc:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, arve@...roid.com, tkjos@...roid.com,
        maco@...roid.com, rlove@...gle.com, ben@...adent.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] file: export __fd_install()

On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 04:37:08PM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> The Android binder driver will be turned into a module. Since it
> uses __fd_install() we need to export this function.

Same as the previous one.  No driver should be pooking this deep
into fd internals (not even non-modular ones for that matter).