Re: [PATCH 2/2] filemap: Add __filemap_get_folio_mpol()

[Vlastimil Babka]

On 6/22/25 21:02, Shivank Garg wrote:
> 
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> Thank you for addressing this.
> 
> If you don’t mind me asking,
> I was curious why we used EXPORT_SYMBOL instead of EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL here.
> I had previously received feedback recommending the use of EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
> to better align with the kernel’s licensing philosophy, which made sense to me.

That's the recommendation for new symbols, but this has become effectively a
rename (plus a new parameter) so it's a bit different situation.

> Thanks,
> Shivank
>