The patch titled
Subject: mm: unexport follow_pte_pmd
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mm-unexport-follow_pte_pmd.patch
This patch should soon appear at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-unexport-follow_pte_pmd.patch
and later at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-unexport-follow_pte_pmd.patch
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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Subject: mm: unexport follow_pte_pmd
Patch series "simplify follow_pte a bit".
This small series drops the not needed follow_pte_pmd exports, and
simplifies the follow_pte family of functions a bit.
This patch (of 2):
follow_pte_pmd() is only used by the DAX code, which can't be modular.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201029101432.47011-2-hch@xxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/memory.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
--- a/mm/memory.c~mm-unexport-follow_pte_pmd
+++ a/mm/memory.c
@@ -4787,7 +4787,6 @@ int follow_pte_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm,
ptepp, pmdpp, ptlp)));
return res;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(follow_pte_pmd);
/**
* follow_pfn - look up PFN at a user virtual address
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from hch@xxxxxx are
mm-unexport-follow_pte_pmd.patch
mm-simplify-follow_ptepmd.patch
