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Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:13:56 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@linux.dev>
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Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] block-bio_iov_iter_export
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On Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 10:49:57AM -0400, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> There was no need for you to drop the EXPORT_SYMBOL.

We don't keep symbols exported when there is no in-kernel user of that
export, sorry.  Otherwise, that way lies madness.

thanks,

greg k-h