linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] VFS: don't export flush_delayed

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Date:   Fri,  8 Dec 2023 14:27:28 +1100
From:   NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] VFS: don't export flush_delayed_fput().

There are no more users of flush_delayed_fput().
Modules shouldn't need it.  __fput_sync() is a better approach
for any code which might benefit from flush_delayed_fput()

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
---
 fs/file_table.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index de4a2915bfd4..de9155f82d4a 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -436,7 +436,6 @@ void flush_delayed_fput(void)
 {
 	delayed_fput(NULL);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(flush_delayed_fput);
 
 static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(delayed_fput_work, delayed_fput);
 
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2.43.0