[PATCH] to allow sys_pread64 and sys_pwrite64 to be used from modules

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl@lkcl.net>]

i do not know if this does any damage (and i'm going to find out!)

i seek to use these two functions from an experimental kernel module: i
get warnings about "symbol not found" without this patch:


Index: fs/read_write.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/selinux/nsa/linux-2.6/fs/read_write.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.6
diff -u -3 -p -u -r1.1.1.6 read_write.c
--- fs/read_write.c	18 Jun 2004 19:30:06 -0000	1.1.1.6
+++ fs/read_write.c	29 Sep 2004 12:45:31 -0000
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ asmlinkage ssize_t sys_pread64(unsigned 
 
 	return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sys_pread64);
 
 asmlinkage ssize_t sys_pwrite64(unsigned int fd, const char __user *buf,
 			      size_t count, loff_t pos)
@@ -337,6 +338,7 @@ asmlinkage ssize_t sys_pwrite64(unsigned
 
 	return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sys_pwrite64);
 
 /*
  * Reduce an iovec's length in-place.  Return the resulting number of segments


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