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

Shivank Garg shivankg at amd.com
Mon Jun 23 09:56:50 UTC 2025



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.



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