Re: [PATCH] mm/swap: cleanup *lru_cache_add* functions

From: Zhang Yanfei
Date: Mon Apr 21 2014 - 02:11:24 EST


On 04/21/2014 12:02 PM, Jianyu Zhan wrote:
> Hi, Yanfei,
>
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Zhang Yanfei
> <zhangyanfei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> What should be exported?
>>
>> lru_cache_add()
>> lru_cache_add_anon()
>> lru_cache_add_file()
>>
>> It seems you only export lru_cache_add_file() in the patch.
>
> Right, lru_cache_add_anon() is only used by VM code, so it should not
> be exported.
>
> lru_cache_add_file() and lru_cache_add() are supposed to be used by
> vfs ans fs code.
>
> But now only lru_cache_add_file() is used by CIFS and FUSE, which
> both could be
> built as module, so it must be exported; and lru_cache_add() has now
> no module users,
> so as Rik suggests, it is unexported too.
>

OK. So The sentence in the patch log confused me:

[ However, lru_cache_add() is supposed to
be used by vfs, or whatever others, but it is not exported.]

otherwise,
Reviewed-by: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

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Thanks.
Zhang Yanfei
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