linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 03/12] mm: Use get_unmapped_area

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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 15:55:54 +0000
From: "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 03/12] mm: Use get_unmapped_area_vmflags()

On Wed, 2024-03-13 at 09:05 +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> > -EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_unmapped_area);
> > -
> 
> Don't you have to export __get_unmapped_area() so that the static
> inline 
> get_unmapped_area() used in a module have access to
> __get_unmapped_area() ?
> 
> If it was pointless to export get_unmapped_area(), its removal should
> be 
> a separate patch.

Yes, it seems to have been pointless. I can split it out. Thanks.