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Re: Question about percpu_free_rwsem function

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On Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 03:28:11AM +0000, Daeho Jeong wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I got a trouble while I am developing a patch for EXT4 filesytem.
> Actually, I used a percpu rw semaphore in my patch and there was no
> problem when I built EXT4 filesystem as built-in mode. However, when
> kbuild auto build robot built EXT4 filesystem with my patch as a "module",
> a bulid error occurred because percpu_free_rwsem() function is not exported.
> 
> I noticed that other functions except percpu_free_rwsem() were exported in 2015.
> Is there any reason for percpu_free_rwsem() not to be exported?
> If I need the function to be exported, should I do that in my patch? :-)

Sounds like a question for the ext4 maintainers.  You can find them in
the MAINTAINERS file.

							Thanx, Paul

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Question about percpu_free_rwsem function Daeho Jeong <daeho.jeong@samsung.com> - 2016-03-07 04:30 +0100
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