linux-kernel - Re: [RFCv1 1/6] mm: Make get_vma

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Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 20:44:42 +0000
From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFCv1 1/6] mm: Make get_vma_name() function public

On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 03:40:57PM -0500, Pasha Tatashin wrote:
> > You're putting something in an mm/ C-file and the header in fs.h? Eh?
> 
> This is done so we do not have to include struct path into vma.h. fs.h
> already has some vma functions like: vma_is_dax() and vma_is_fsdax().

Yes, but DAX is a monumental layering violation, not something to be
emulated.