| Message ID | 20180511190641.23008-12-jean-philippe.brucker@arm.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
| Delegated to: | Bjorn Helgaas |
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diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c index 157fe4b19971..0b6d3201c42d 100644 --- a/kernel/pid.c +++ b/kernel/pid.c @@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ struct task_struct *find_get_task_by_vpid(pid_t nr) return task; } +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(find_get_task_by_vpid); struct pid *get_task_pid(struct task_struct *task, enum pid_type type) {
Userspace drivers implemented with VFIO might want to bind sub-processes to their devices. In a VFIO ioctl, they provide a pid that is used to find a task and its mm. Since VFIO can be built as a module, export the find_get_task_by_vpid symbol. Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org Signed-off-by: Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe.brucker@arm.com> --- Here I didn't add a comment because neighbouring functions that get exported don't have a comment either, and the name seems fairly clear. --- kernel/pid.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)