netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: export symnbol for skb_attempt_defer

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Message-ID: <CANn89i+r6ogvutW1+C7ZDhEYKZN7WU=OVONpgnoX4EgYX=BF4A@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2025 11:55:26 -0700
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: John Ousterhout <ouster@...stanford.edu>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, 
	horms@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: export symnbol for skb_attempt_defer_free

On Mon, Sep 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon,  1 Sep 2025 11:16:23 -0700 John Ousterhout wrote:
> > This function is useful for modules such as Homa but is not
> > currently visible.
>
> It has to be part of the series which contains an in tree user.
> We only export symbols for in-tree modules.

Also if homa does not have yet GRO support, I doubt
skb_attempt_defer_free() is a big win.