linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: no need to export mm

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Date:   Fri, 4 Aug 2023 16:22:57 +0800
From:   Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        <linux-mm@...ck.org>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: no need to export mm_kobj

On 2023/8/4 14:43, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> There are no modules using mm_kobj, so do not export it.

Yes, there's only in-kernel user left.

Reviewed-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>

Thanks.

> 
> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> ---
>  mm/mm_init.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
> index a1963c3322af..1c9d6f428906 100644
> --- a/mm/mm_init.c
> +++ b/mm/mm_init.c
> @@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ early_param("mminit_loglevel", set_mminit_loglevel);
>  #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT */
>  
>  struct kobject *mm_kobj;
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mm_kobj);
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>  s32 vm_committed_as_batch = 32;
>