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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Gang He <ghe@suse.com>
Cc: mfasheh@suse.com, rgoldwyn@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] ocfs2: export ocfs2_kset for online file check
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 13:38:44 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151229133844.b2758dbe21604e64acd50383@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1451027779-6849-2-git-send-email-ghe@suse.com>

On Fri, 25 Dec 2015 15:16:16 +0800 Gang He <ghe@suse.com> wrote:

> Export ocfs2_kset object from ocfs2_stackglue kernel module,
> then online file check code will create the related sysfiles
> under ocfs2_kset object.
> 
> ...
>
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/stackglue.c
> @@ -629,7 +629,8 @@ static struct attribute_group ocfs2_attr_group = {
>  	.attrs = ocfs2_attrs,
>  };
>  
> -static struct kset *ocfs2_kset;
> +struct kset *ocfs2_kset;
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ocfs2_kset);

The EXPORT_SYMBOL is only needed if this symbol is to be referred to
from a different module.  That isn't the case here - everything which
refers to ocfs2_kset is linked into ocfs2.ko, correct?

  reply	other threads:[~2015-12-29 21:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-12-25  7:16 [PATCH v3 0/4] Add online file check feature Gang He
2015-12-25  7:16 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] ocfs2: export ocfs2_kset for online file check Gang He
2015-12-29 21:38   ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2015-12-30  6:13     ` Gang He
2016-01-13 23:02   ` Mark Fasheh
2016-01-13 23:07     ` Andrew Morton
2015-12-25  7:16 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] ocfs2: sysfile interfaces " Gang He
2016-01-13 23:35   ` Mark Fasheh
2016-01-14  3:13     ` Gang He
2015-12-25  7:16 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] ocfs2: create/remove sysfile " Gang He
2016-01-13 23:36   ` Mark Fasheh
2015-12-25  7:16 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] ocfs2: check/fix inode block " Gang He
2016-01-14  1:40   ` [Ocfs2-devel] " Mark Fasheh
2016-01-14  6:30     ` Gang He
2015-12-29 21:41 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] Add online file check feature Andrew Morton
2015-12-30  3:00   ` Gang He
2015-12-30  3:14     ` Andrew Morton

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