Re: RFC: Changes to fs/buffer.c?

[Linus Torvalds]

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Is it ok to export 
> >  create_buffers() and to make __set_page_buffers() static inline and move 
> >  it to include/linux/buffer.h?
> 
> ho, hum - if you must ;)
> 
> I'd be inclined to rename it to attach_page_buffers() or something though -
> create_buffers() is a bit generic-sounding.

Also, I think we should at least start out limiting it to GPL-only usage. 
Those page buffers are pretty intertwined with the VM usage, I'd hate to 
see people think this is some kind of external interface..

		Linus
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