linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the amdgpu tree

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Date:   Mon, 11 Oct 2021 07:39:52 +0000
From:   Simon Ser <contact@...rsion.fr>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@...il.com>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the amdgpu tree

On Monday, October 11th, 2021 at 09:33, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 08, 2021 at 06:07:33PM +0000, Simon Ser wrote:
>
> > Would it be reasonable to re-export get_mm_exe_file? amdgpu uses it here:
> >
> > https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/agd5f/linux/-/commit/0d4da915c7098eca2aa6f559f42e33b5e9c7c5e8
>
> Seriously? No, it obviously not. Unexporting it is important to catch
> utter crap like in that commit which should have never made it into a
> maintainer tree.

I don't understand. Can you elaborate why you think this commit is
"utter crap"?

I'd also appreciate if you could be a bit less aggressive. There's
nothing "obvious" about this from my point of view.