Re: [PATCH] block: annotate bdev_disk_changed() deprecation with a symbol namespace

[Luis Chamberlain]

On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 04:02:02PM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 03:16:39PM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > What I'd really want is something like an
> > 
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR(bdev_disk_changed, loop, CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP);
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR(bdev_disk_changed, dasd_kmod, CONFIG_DASD);
> > 
> > Which ensures that the symbol lookup only succeeds for loop.ko and
> > dasd_kmod.ko, and that the export only happens if the relevant
> > symbols are set.
> 
> I think that could be done, sure.

BTW is anyone aware of similar exports which are stuck in this way?

  Luis