From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04040C4646B for ; Wed, 26 Jun 2019 05:46:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE856208E3 for ; Wed, 26 Jun 2019 05:46:48 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1561528008; bh=fJBY/PjXpnYRiXMdHxBFOVurN3zO5qefcGhU4TELsu8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=yCxYKx06AvAMZ6cX6Sr8S7MujOjaBtK+Ykt2tlBc795Hd1dFQRhvnts3u5kP5LdsQ Mmugm9mWbHQK6M56rzn2tNHmSnWJdSDEEFiqpZ222QZH0tijsQFywrjWx0LYjjb60a S6X6mNkZ+aR/jMTBTGmO6VOSaQ98TrELCEfhNSQE= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726408AbfFZFqs (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Jun 2019 01:46:48 -0400 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:51842 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725379AbfFZFqs (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Jun 2019 01:46:48 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de Received: from relay2.suse.de (unknown [195.135.220.254]) by mx1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5BEDAF03; Wed, 26 Jun 2019 05:46:46 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 07:46:45 +0200 From: Michal Hocko To: Dan Williams Cc: Christoph Hellwig , =?iso-8859-1?B?Suly9G1l?= Glisse , Jason Gunthorpe , Ben Skeggs , Linux MM , nouveau@lists.freedesktop.org, Maling list - DRI developers , linux-nvdimm , linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/22] mm: export alloc_pages_vma Message-ID: <20190626054645.GB17798@dhcp22.suse.cz> References: <20190613094326.24093-1-hch@lst.de> <20190613094326.24093-6-hch@lst.de> <20190620191733.GH12083@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20190625072317.GC30350@lst.de> <20190625150053.GJ11400@dhcp22.suse.cz> <20190625190038.GK11400@dhcp22.suse.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-pci-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org On Tue 25-06-19 12:52:18, Dan Williams wrote: [...] > > Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst > > That document has failed to preclude symbol export fights in the past > and there is a reasonable argument to try not to retract functionality > that had been previously exported regardless of that document. Can you point me to any specific example where this would be the case for the core kernel symbols please? -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs