linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 28/32] stacktrace: Export stack_trace_save

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Date:   Mon, 19 Jun 2023 10:10:56 +0100
From:   Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To:     Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-bcachefs@...r.kernel.org,
        Christopher James Halse Rogers <raof@...ntu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 28/32] stacktrace: Export stack_trace_save_tsk

On Tue, May 09, 2023 at 12:56:53PM -0400, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> From: Christopher James Halse Rogers <raof@...ntu.com>
> 
> The bcachefs module wants it, and there doesn't seem to be any
> reason it shouldn't be exported like the other functions.

What is the bcachefs module using this for?

Is that just for debug purposes? Assuming so, mentioning that in the commit
message would be helpful.

Thanks,
Mark.

> Signed-off-by: Christopher James Halse Rogers <raof@...ntu.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev>
> ---
>  kernel/stacktrace.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/stacktrace.c b/kernel/stacktrace.c
> index 9ed5ce9894..4f65824879 100644
> --- a/kernel/stacktrace.c
> +++ b/kernel/stacktrace.c
> @@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ unsigned int stack_trace_save_tsk(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long *store,
>  	put_task_stack(tsk);
>  	return c.len;
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(stack_trace_save_tsk);
>  
>  /**
>   * stack_trace_save_regs - Save a stack trace based on pt_regs into a storage array
> @@ -301,6 +302,7 @@ unsigned int stack_trace_save_tsk(struct task_struct *task,
>  	save_stack_trace_tsk(task, &trace);
>  	return trace.nr_entries;
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(stack_trace_save_tsk);
>  
>  /**
>   * stack_trace_save_regs - Save a stack trace based on pt_regs into a storage array
> -- 
> 2.40.1
> 
>