linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel/hung_task: unexport sysctl_hung_task_timeout

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Message-Id: <20251105084437.b601327ddbaf3ed149c9b2a5@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 08:44:37 +0900
From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, lance.yang@...ux.dev, mhiramat@...nel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel/hung_task: unexport
 sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs

On Tue,  4 Nov 2025 07:19:20 -0500
Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:

> This was added by the bcachefs pull requests despite various
> objections, and with bcachefs removed is now unused.
> 
> This reverts commit 5c3273ec3c6af356b29ff50a654f0dc33bf25a83.
> 

Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org>

Thanks!

> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> ---
>  kernel/hung_task.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/hung_task.c b/kernel/hung_task.c
> index b2c1f14b8129..1dfb9bc1bdef 100644
> --- a/kernel/hung_task.c
> +++ b/kernel/hung_task.c
> @@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ static unsigned long __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_detect_count;
>   * Zero means infinite timeout - no checking done:
>   */
>  unsigned long __read_mostly sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs = CONFIG_DEFAULT_HUNG_TASK_TIMEOUT;
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs);
>  
>  /*
>   * Zero (default value) means use sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs:
> -- 
> 2.47.3
> 


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org>