[PATCH v11 3/9] iov_iter: introduce iov_iter_get_pages_[alloc_]flags()
Christoph Hellwig
hch at lst.de
Tue Oct 25 08:41:43 PDT 2022
> > Just one minor question why not make following functions
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() ?
> >
> > 1. iov_iter_get_pages2()
> > 2. iov_iter_get_pages_alloc2()
>
> They previously were not GPL, so I didn't think that should be changed
> in this patch.
Yes. While they should have been _GPL from the start, rocking that
boat is a bit pointless now. We just need to make sure to do the
right thing for the pinning variants that are going to replace them soon.
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