The patch titled Subject: mm/gup.c: make follow_page_mask() static has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-gupc-make-follow_page_mask-static.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-gupc-make-follow_page_mask-static.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-gupc-make-follow_page_mask-static.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Bharath Vedartham <linux.bhar@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/gup.c: make follow_page_mask() static follow_page_mask() is only used in gup.c, make it static. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190510190831.GA4061@bharath12345-Inspiron-5559 Signed-off-by: Bharath Vedartham <linux.bhar@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/gup.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/mm/gup.c~mm-gupc-make-follow_page_mask-static +++ a/mm/gup.c @@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ static struct page *follow_p4d_mask(stru * an error pointer if there is a mapping to something not represented * by a page descriptor (see also vm_normal_page()). */ -struct page *follow_page_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma, +static struct page *follow_page_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, unsigned int flags, struct follow_page_context *ctx) { _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from linux.bhar@xxxxxxxxx are mm-gupc-make-follow_page_mask-static.patch