On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 08:49:17 -0700 Christoph Hellwig <h...@infradead.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 01:53:23PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> > > @@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ struct page_ext *lookup_page_ext(const struct page
> > > *page)
> > > MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES);
> > > return get_entry(base, index);
> > > }
> > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lookup_page_ext);
> > >
> > > static int __init alloc_node_page_ext(int nid)
> > > {
> > >
> >
> > I've been told to always smuggle new EXPORTs into the patch that
> > actually needs it (and cc relevant people on that patch instead).
>
> A separate patch for anything remotely controversial really helps it
> to stick out, so I think keeping it separate is a very good practice.
I have no strong preference here. So if no further comments are given, in the
next spin, I will keep this separate, but will mention exactly what future
commit needs this change, so that it can be easily squashed later, if
necessary.
Thanks,
SeongJae Park
