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See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html X-Rspam-User: X-Rspamd-Server: rspam04 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 1F496140002 X-Stat-Signature: 7ibxbi4dqyjqabnuansdmrg9rndhnaj9 X-HE-Tag: 1785851565-43274 X-HE-Meta: U2FsdGVkX1+rHgYFUqGu3APQ5dZ9fTHXeVS+OzdaNH6NEbW6drqmhpx2wTCG64RaenhV+r3ANbhkytwylc2PUhJBNibQPccjSeImKJUGp6YRdyEnoH0PgpKjH9vXYwKEkGufOihqVwMS/01uC8yWAmwu1jwoY05fVaUqde82EXlFNRHtYq4OhjWX5VDQ71Qr6BK+ayYH367kkf9MaVekclaLhqlnI9yOGbROdxQwmdTwRRTDfL3uFXmmWC7RmC5c1p5192AoQ52+IJ/muB2eMPOHTo38JtrvingrSeVC7jpMIiTL4I+/usYb6Ufh/e/tT2pBifIQrL5lRfH9Ump4iAlwr38uZ6/KT08BbpM8eUrynYbyAkjrb5UaF064NOiaMncrpiafLUMF1LraSLbHx7g6JrAmQ1naNP6j1T6nfm/g+elngOPnlmHNtg1GWdK5N13BTf71ENVc5VbK6hLkZ6bwQlhGrlGS4u8eeHgAv1LhfaYjGCDg7qy/JGt+w5FoVJT41mfgS8hiNs4XoFkDPogs6+pALOIdyhpFSt7zAixA7rsCE7uNyrvJuEC05rQNHLEyDUsYm7FrVAdVHNFgUDxRSJ0VG/GybmoTFenk5vzN9fmtZv0sJnOSi/pA/tiGwUqVBb1Z6j5yvgmw99CWFQw4/4Dj3FpQg4g+l9p/7FlexhWNll6ntQAYNgggxcM+fxtd8gvUJCozR8i53uB8B0DvEMM6WEravIk8DRhY2QiiDEIOYId0WC+Xbw17aiiaHkmlrvgq+ktFnnsvpCc2fOIzRZcWESqgMMIZvNFVvpt/ISwYkSk4GzzWweegMUkXKaL5y+tAS3xTf/KbDBgNXgvXHYv+z3zdDlfw8KUzRf/1zWfSBNaGac+cv3zWIghg1FyWrhrle3GMQ4Wl7x7PaYhVSQzWaswGqFbBGRnvgPoY6UJ6FL0yMEdXkRcPF1QRshBMRCnwfcami3SsD6s dlZKAgoo 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 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On Mon, Aug 03, 2026 at 02:16:33PM +0200, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote: > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(__vmf_insert_pfn_prot); > > If this becomes a dedicated symbol, why not GPL? Yes, no way we'd not export low-level bits like this as non-GPL..