linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/mmu_notifier: rename mmu_notifier_synchronize() to <...>

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Message-ID: <20181105211455.GB3074@bombadil.infradead.org>
Date:   Mon, 5 Nov 2018 13:14:55 -0800
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        Oded Gabbay <oded.gabbay@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/mmu_notifier: rename mmu_notifier_synchronize() to
 <...>_barrier()

On Mon, Nov 05, 2018 at 12:18:33PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > +++ b/mm/mmu_notifier.c
> 
> But as it has no callers, why retain it?

... and this patch missed the declaration of mmu_notifier_synchronize
in include/linux/mmu_notifier.h (whether we delete it or rename it,
that mention of it needs to be fixed)