The patch titled
Subject: mm: remove export for get_unmapped_area()
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
mm-remove-export-for-get_unmapped_area.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-remove-export-for-get_unmapped_area.patch
This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm: remove export for get_unmapped_area()
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 19:16:46 -0700
The mm/mmap.c function get_unmapped_area() is not used from any modules,
so it doesn't need to be exported. Remove the export.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240326021656.202649-5-rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Deepak Gupta <debug@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Guo Ren <guoren@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/mmap.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/mmap.c~mm-remove-export-for-get_unmapped_area
+++ a/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1886,8 +1886,6 @@ get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, uns
return error ? error : addr;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_unmapped_area);
-
unsigned long
mm_get_unmapped_area(struct mm_struct *mm, struct file *file,
unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx are
proc-refactor-pde_get_unmapped_area-as-prep.patch
mm-switch-mm-get_unmapped_area-to-a-flag.patch
mm-introduce-arch_get_unmapped_area_vmflags.patch
mm-remove-export-for-get_unmapped_area.patch
mm-use-get_unmapped_area_vmflags.patch
thp-add-thp_get_unmapped_area_vmflags.patch
csky-use-initializer-for-struct-vm_unmapped_area_info.patch
parisc-use-initializer-for-struct-vm_unmapped_area_info.patch
powerpc-use-initializer-for-struct-vm_unmapped_area_info.patch
treewide-use-initializer-for-struct-vm_unmapped_area_info.patch
mm-take-placement-mappings-gap-into-account.patch
x86-mm-implement-have_arch_unmapped_area_vmflags.patch
x86-mm-care-about-shadow-stack-guard-gap-during-placement.patch
selftests-x86-add-placement-guard-gap-test-for-shstk.patch
