Re: [PATCH v5 1/7] fs: introduce kernel_pread_file* support

[Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>]

On Thu, May 07, 2020 at 05:27:33PM -0700, Scott Branden wrote:
> diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
> index 06b4c550af5d..cfab212fab9d 100644
> --- a/fs/exec.c
> +++ b/fs/exec.c
> @@ -896,10 +896,14 @@ struct file *open_exec(const char *name)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(open_exec);
>  
> -int kernel_read_file(struct file *file, void **buf, loff_t *size,
> -		     loff_t max_size, enum kernel_read_file_id id)
> -{
> -	loff_t i_size, pos;
> +int kernel_pread_file(struct file *file, void **buf, loff_t *size,
> +		      loff_t pos, loff_t max_size, unsigned int flags,

You use int flags, but.. these are mutually exclusive operations, and
so flags is a misnomer. Just use an enum instead of a define, that way
we can use kdoc for documentation.

> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_pread_file);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_pread_file_from_path);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_pread_file_from_path_initns);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_pread_file_from_fd);

If no one is using these don't export them. I think you only use one of
these. In fact just remove the code from the ones which are not used.

  Luis