Re: [PATCH] mm/swap: cleanup *lru_cache_add* functions

From: Rik van Riel
Date: Fri Apr 18 2014 - 17:15:21 EST


On 04/18/2014 11:39 AM, Jianyu Zhan wrote:
> Hi, Christoph Hellwig,
>
>> There are no modular users of lru_cache_add, so please don't needlessly
>> export it.
>
> yep, I re-checked and found there is no module user of neither
> lru_cache_add() nor lru_cache_add_anon(), so don't export it.
>
> Here is the renewed patch:
> ---
>
> In mm/swap.c, __lru_cache_add() is exported, but actually there are
> no users outside this file. However, lru_cache_add() is supposed to
> be used by vfs, or whatever others, but it is not exported.
>
> This patch unexports __lru_cache_add(), and makes it static.
> It also exports lru_cache_add_file(), as it is use by cifs, which
> be loaded as module.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jianyu Zhan <nasa4836@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>


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