[PATCH v1 1/1] memory: export symbols for process memory related functions

[Wei-chin Tsai (蔡維晉)]

On Sat, 2023-06-10 at 01:21 +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
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>  On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 04:09:01PM +0000, Wei-chin Tsai (蔡維晉) wrote:
> > > You haven't included any users of these new exports, so the
> initial
> > > reaction is going to be negative - please include the users of
> these
> > > new symbols in your patch set.
> > We use these two export functions from our kernel module to get a
> > specific user process's memory information and heap usage.
> Furthermore,
> > we can use such information to detect the memory leak issues. 
> > 
> > The example code is as follows:
> 
> No.  You need to be submitting the code that will use the symbol *at
> the
> same time* as the patch to export the symbol.  No example code
> showing
> how it could be used.  Because if the user isn't compelling, the
> patch
> to export the symbol won't be applied either.

Hi Matthew,

Got it. The following attached patch file
"v1-0001-memory-export-symbols-for-process-memory-related-.patch" is
the patch including the users of these new symbols. Thanks.

Regards,

Jim
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