linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] dma-mapping: move the remaining DMA API calls out of line

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Date:   Wed, 15 Apr 2020 08:18:59 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@...abs.ru>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] dma-mapping: move the remaining DMA API calls out
 of line

On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 12:26:04PM +1000, Alexey Kardashevskiy wrote:
> May be this is correct and allowed (no idea) but removing exported
> symbols at least deserves a mention in the commit log, does not it?
> 
> The rest of the series is fine and works. Thanks,

Maybe I can throw in a line, but the point is that dma_direct_*
was exported as dma_* called them inline.  Now dma_* is out of line
and exported instead, which always was the actual API.