linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 15/26] mm: Export writeback

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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 12:15:34 +0200
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, 
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/26] mm: Export writeback_iter()

On Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 01:58:15PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:
> 
> > > So why are we bothering with EXPORT_SYMBOL at all?  Why don't you just
> > > send a patch replace all of them with EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()?
> > 
> > No my business.
> 
> Clearly it is as you're gradually replacing APIs with stuff that is GPL'd.
> 
> > But if you want to side track this let me just put this in here:
> > 
> > NAK to the non-GPL EXPORT of writeback_iter().
> 
> Very well, I'll switch that export to GPL.  Christian, if you can amend that
> patch in your tree?

Sorted yesterday night!