netdev - Re: [PATCH] sunrpc/cache: remove the exporting of cache_seq

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Date:   Mon, 8 Jul 2019 19:23:30 -0400
From:   "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
To:     Denis Efremov <efremov@...ux.com>
Cc:     Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...merspace.com>,
        Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>,
        Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@...app.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sunrpc/cache: remove the exporting of cache_seq_next

Makes sense, thanks; apply for 5.3.--b.

On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 07:14:23PM +0300, Denis Efremov wrote:
> The function cache_seq_next is declared static and marked
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL, which is at best an odd combination. Because the
> function is not used outside of the net/sunrpc/cache.c file it is
> defined in, this commit removes the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() marking.
> 
> Fixes: d48cf356a130 ("SUNRPC: Remove non-RCU protected lookup")
> Signed-off-by: Denis Efremov <efremov@...ux.com>
> ---
>  net/sunrpc/cache.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/sunrpc/cache.c b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
> index 66fbb9d2fba7..6f1528f271ee 100644
> --- a/net/sunrpc/cache.c
> +++ b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
> @@ -1375,7 +1375,6 @@ static void *cache_seq_next(struct seq_file *m, void *p, loff_t *pos)
>  				hlist_first_rcu(&cd->hash_table[hash])),
>  				struct cache_head, cache_list);
>  }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cache_seq_next);
>  
>  void *cache_seq_start_rcu(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
>  	__acquires(RCU)
> -- 
> 2.21.0