Re: [PATCH] block: export disk_part_iter_* helpers

[Xu, Yanfei]

On 3/26/21 8:13 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
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> On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 08:10:59PM +0800, yanfei.xu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Yanfei Xu <yanfei.xu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > disk_part_iter_* helpers might be used by other external modules, like
> > lttng-modules. But it was unexport in 'commit bc359d03c7ec ("block: add
> > a disk_uevent helper")'. Here export them again.
>
> Err, no.  We never export things for out of tree modules.  And any kind
> of driver code has absolutely no business looking at the partition tables
> to start with, modular or not.
> I see. Thanks.

//Yanfei