Re: [PATCH v8 7/7] x86, mm: Add set_memory_wt() for WT

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On Wed, 2015-02-25 at 08:22 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > +int set_pages_array_wt(struct page **pages, int addrinarray)
> > +{
> > +	return _set_pages_array(pages, addrinarray, _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WT);
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_pages_array_wt);
> 
> So by default we make new APIs EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(): we 
> don't want proprietary modules mucking around with new code 
> PAT interfaces, we only want modules we can analyze and fix 
> in detail.

Right.  I have one question for this case.  This set_pages_array_wt()
extends the set_pages_array_xx() family, which are all exported with
EXPORT_SYMBOL() today.  In this case, should we keep them exported in
the consistent manner, or should we still use GPL when adding a new one?

Thanks,
-Toshi

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