Re: [PATCH 05/22] mm: export alloc_pages_vma

Dan Williams
2019-06-26T16:14:32Z

On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 10:46 PM Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue 25-06-19 12:52:18, Dan Williams wrote:
> [...]
> > > Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst
> >
> > That document has failed to preclude symbol export fights in the past
> > and there is a reasonable argument to try not to retract functionality
> > that had been previously exported regardless of that document.
>
> Can you point me to any specific example where this would be the case
> for the core kernel symbols please?

The most recent example that comes to mind was the thrash around
__kernel_fpu_{begin,end} [1]. I referenced that when debating _GPL
symbol policy with Jérôme [2].

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190522100959.GA15390@kroah.com/
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAPcyv4gb+r==riKFXkVZ7gGdnKe62yBmZ7xOa4uBBByhnK9Tzg@mail.gmail.com/