linux-kernel - sparc-related comment, to Re: [PATCH V1 07/10] arch/kmap: Ensure kmap

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Message-ID: <20200501084446.GG27858@infradead.org>
Date:   Fri, 1 May 2020 01:44:46 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
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Subject: sparc-related comment, to Re: [PATCH V1 07/10] arch/kmap: Ensure
 kmap_prot visibility

> --- a/arch/sparc/mm/highmem.c
> +++ b/arch/sparc/mm/highmem.c
> @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
>  #include <asm/vaddrs.h>
>  
>  pgprot_t kmap_prot;
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmap_prot);

Btw, I don't see why sparc needs this as a variable, as there is just
a single assignment to it.

If sparc is sorted out we can always make it a define, and use a define
for kmap_prot that defaults to PAGE_KERNEL, avoiding a little
more duplication.