Re: [PATCH] nfs: do not export discarded symbols

Arnd Bergmann
2015-04-09T09:35:25Z

On Thursday 12 March 2015 11:58:38 Trond Myklebust wrote:
> On Wed, 2015-03-11 at 14:37 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > The function nfs4_pnfs_v3_ds_connect_unload is exported so it can be
> > used by other modules, but is also marked '__exit' and will be
> > discarded when built into the kernel, as pointed out by this
> > linker error:
> >
> > `nfs4_pnfs_v3_ds_connect_unload' referenced in section `___ksymtab_gpl+nfs4_pnfs_v3_ds_connect_unload' of fs/built-in.o: defined in discarded section `.exit.text' of fs/built-in.o
> >
> > This removes the __exit annotation to make it safe to call this function.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> > Fixes: 5f01d9539496 ("nfs41: create NFSv3 DS connection if specified")
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs_nfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs_nfs.c
> > index 54e36b38fb5f..8582dae5ae99 100644
> > --- a/fs/nfs/pnfs_nfs.c
> > +++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs_nfs.c
> > @@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ static bool load_v3_ds_connect(void)
> > return(get_v3_ds_connect != NULL);
> > }
> >
> > -void __exit nfs4_pnfs_v3_ds_connect_unload(void)
> > +void nfs4_pnfs_v3_ds_connect_unload(void)
> > {
> > if (get_v3_ds_connect) {
> > symbol_put(nfs3_set_ds_client);
> >
>
> Thanks! Applied...
>

I don't see the patch in linux-next, did something go wrong here?

Arnd