[PATCH 2/3] fs: Export generic_fadvise()

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Filesystems will need to call this function from their fadvise handlers.

CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # Needed by "xfs: Fix stale data exposure when
					readahead races with hole punch"
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/fs.h | 2 ++
 mm/fadvise.c       | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index f7fdfe93e25d..2666862ff00d 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -3536,6 +3536,8 @@ extern void inode_nohighmem(struct inode *inode);
 /* mm/fadvise.c */
 extern int vfs_fadvise(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len,
 		       int advice);
+extern int generic_fadvise(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len,
+			   int advice);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_IO_URING)
 extern struct sock *io_uring_get_socket(struct file *file);
diff --git a/mm/fadvise.c b/mm/fadvise.c
index 467bcd032037..4f17c83db575 100644
--- a/mm/fadvise.c
+++ b/mm/fadvise.c
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@
  * deactivate the pages and clear PG_Referenced.
  */
 
-static int generic_fadvise(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len,
-			   int advice)
+int generic_fadvise(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len, int advice)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct address_space *mapping;
@@ -178,6 +177,7 @@ static int generic_fadvise(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len,
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_fadvise);
 
 int vfs_fadvise(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t len, int advice)
 {
-- 
2.16.4




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