* Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2016-03-16 at 13:36 -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 05:10:34PM +0000, Olu Ogunbowale wrote: > > > > > > From: Olujide Ogunbowale <Olu.Ogunbowale@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > Export the memory management functions, unmapped_area() & > > > unmapped_area_topdown(), as GPL symbols; this allows the kernel to > > > better support process address space mirroring on both CPU and > > > device > > > for out-of-tree drivers by allowing the use of vm_unmapped_area() > > > in a > > > driver's file operation get_unmapped_area(). > > No new exports without in-tree drivers. How about you get started > > to get your drives into the tree first? > > The drivers appear to require the HMM framework though, > which people are also reluctant to merge without the > drivers. > > How do we get past this chicken & egg situation? Submit the export together with the drivers for review and Cc: VM folks - it all looks pretty small on the VM side. Thanks, Ingo -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>