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SubjectRe: [PATCH v15 01/14] mm/page_ext: Export lookup_page_ext() to GPL modules
On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 01:53:23PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> > @@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ struct page_ext *lookup_page_ext(const struct page *page)
> > MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES);
> > return get_entry(base, index);
> > }
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lookup_page_ext);
> >
> > static int __init alloc_node_page_ext(int nid)
> > {
> >
>
> I've been told to always smuggle new EXPORTs into the patch that
> actually needs it (and cc relevant people on that patch instead).

A separate patch for anything remotely controversial really helps it
to stick out, so I think keeping it separate is a very good practice.

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