On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 02:32:24PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jan 2023 16:34:58 -0500 > Joel Fernandes <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_async_hurry); > > > > > > > > > > Where do you plan on calling these externally, as they are being > > > marked exported? > > > > > > If you allow random drivers to enable this, I can see something > > > enabling it and hitting an error path that causes it to never disable > > > it. > > > > You mean, just like rcu_expedite_gp() ? > > > > > I wouldn't have EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() unless you really know that it is > > > needed externally. > > > > At the moment it is not called externally but in the future, it could > > be from rcutorture. If you see rcu_expedite_gp(), that is exported > > too. I was just modeling it around that API. > > The reason for the export should have been mentioned in the change log if > the patch is not obvious to why it is being exported. Would something like this suffice? With attribution, of course. Export rcu_async_should_hurry(), rcu_async_hurry(), and rcu_async_relax() for later use by rcutorture. Thanx, Paul
