[Lguest] [PATCH 1/2] Export get_user_pages_fast

Andrew Morton akpm at linux-foundation.org
Thu Jul 31 03:50:52 EST 2008


On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:39:44 +0300 Adrian Bunk <bunk at kernel.org> wrote:

> > On non-CONFIG_HAVE_GET_USER_PAGES_FAST architectures a
> > get_user_pages_fast() call will in fact call get_user_pages().
> > 
> > On CONFIG_HAVE_GET_USER_PAGES_FAST architectures, get_user_pages_fast()
> > is a real function.  All architectures which implement that function
> > should export it to modules.  Hence it should be exported from within
> > generic code.
> 
> Are we talking at cross purposes?

Apparently.

> I thought you were talking an error due to a missing function.

Nope.

> If you think about an error where the function is present but only the 
> EXPORT_SYMBOL is missing

yup.

> then I get your point (although I do not 
> consider it a huge problem).

Me either.



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