linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] netfs: Export netfs_put

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Date:   Thu, 19 May 2022 11:37:22 -0400
From:   Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-cachefs@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] netfs: Export netfs_put_subrequest()

On Thu, 2022-05-19 at 15:16 +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Export netfs_put_subrequest() and a couple of tracepoints.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
> cc: linux-cachefs@...hat.com
> ---
> 
>  fs/netfs/main.c    |    3 +++
>  fs/netfs/objects.c |    1 +
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/netfs/main.c b/fs/netfs/main.c
> index 068568702957..3d0283f8d0b9 100644
> --- a/fs/netfs/main.c
> +++ b/fs/netfs/main.c
> @@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Network fs support");
>  MODULE_AUTHOR("Red Hat, Inc.");
>  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>  
> +EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(netfs_rreq);
> +EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(netfs_sreq);
> +
>  unsigned netfs_debug;
>  module_param_named(debug, netfs_debug, uint, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(netfs_debug, "Netfs support debugging mask");
> diff --git a/fs/netfs/objects.c b/fs/netfs/objects.c
> index d6b8c0cbeb7c..cbc40d052b46 100644
> --- a/fs/netfs/objects.c
> +++ b/fs/netfs/objects.c
> @@ -160,3 +160,4 @@ void netfs_put_subrequest(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq, bool was_async,
>  	if (dead)
>  		netfs_free_subrequest(subreq, was_async);
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(netfs_put_subrequest);
> 
> 

I don't see any callers of this outside of netfs. What's the rationale
for exporting it?
-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>