The patch titled Subject: kthread: unexport __kthread_should_park() has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch. Its filename is kthread-unexport-__kthread_should_park.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/kthread-unexport-__kthread_should_park.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm 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 via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: kthread: unexport __kthread_should_park() Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2023 08:41:51 +0200 There are no in-kernel users of __kthread_should_park() so mark it as static and do not export it. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/2023080450-handcuff-stump-1d6e@gregkh Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: John Stultz <jstultz@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Arve Hjønnevåg" <arve@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Christian Brauner (Microsoft)" <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mike Christie <michael.christie@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Prathu Baronia <quic_pbaronia@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/kthread.h | 1 - kernel/kthread.c | 3 +-- 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/include/linux/kthread.h~kthread-unexport-__kthread_should_park +++ a/include/linux/kthread.h @@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ void kthread_bind_mask(struct task_struc int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k); bool kthread_should_stop(void); bool kthread_should_park(void); -bool __kthread_should_park(struct task_struct *k); bool kthread_should_stop_or_park(void); bool kthread_freezable_should_stop(bool *was_frozen); void *kthread_func(struct task_struct *k); --- a/kernel/kthread.c~kthread-unexport-__kthread_should_park +++ a/kernel/kthread.c @@ -159,11 +159,10 @@ bool kthread_should_stop(void) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_should_stop); -bool __kthread_should_park(struct task_struct *k) +static bool __kthread_should_park(struct task_struct *k) { return test_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK, &to_kthread(k)->flags); } -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__kthread_should_park); /** * kthread_should_park - should this kthread park now? _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are kthread-unexport-__kthread_should_park.patch