Re: [PATCH 2/2] filemap: Add __filemap_get_folio_mpol()
From: Shivank Garg
Date: Mon Jun 23 2025 - 05:58:23 EST
On 6/23/2025 12:46 PM, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> 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.
agreed, Thanks.