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On Sun, Nov 26, 2023 at 03:27:03PM +0100, Ryan Lahfa wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> Given that this series removes the old shrinker APIs and re-adds new
> shrinker APIs with `EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL`, is the intention to prevent any
> out of tree module user which is incompatible with GPL to use the
> shrinker APIs to register callbacks?

We really can't do much about out-of-tree code, sorry.  Please work to
get your out-of-tree code merged into the kernel tree properly, as
that's the normal kernel development model.

thanks,

greg k-h