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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/read_write.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/read_write.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c index 5db58b8c78d0..d3428189f36b 100644 --- a/fs/read_write.c +++ b/fs/read_write.c @@ -538,6 +538,14 @@ ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *file, const void *buf, size_t count, loff_t inc_syscw(current); return ret; } +/* + * This "EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()" is more of a "EXPORT_SYMBOL_DONTUSE()", + * but autofs is one of the few internal kernel users that actually + * wants this _and_ can be built as a module. So we need to export + * this symbol for autofs, even though it really isn't appropriate + * for any other kernel modules. + */ +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__kernel_write); ssize_t kernel_write(struct file *file, const void *buf, size_t count, loff_t *pos) |