name_to_dev_t is useful in other pieces of code to initialize rootfs. In the case of dm, the code is sometimes built in a module and other times used to construct the rootfs; therefore it must be exported as a symbol.
Signed-off-by: Dan Ehrenberg <[email protected]> --- include/linux/mount.h | 2 +- init/do_mounts.c | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/mount.h b/include/linux/mount.h index c2c561d..bca086d 100644 --- a/include/linux/mount.h +++ b/include/linux/mount.h @@ -92,6 +92,6 @@ extern struct vfsmount *vfs_kern_mount(struct file_system_type *type, extern void mnt_set_expiry(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct list_head *expiry_list); extern void mark_mounts_for_expiry(struct list_head *mounts); -extern dev_t name_to_dev_t(char *name); +extern dev_t name_to_dev_t(const char *name); #endif /* _LINUX_MOUNT_H */ diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c index eb41008..4b2daf1 100644 --- a/init/do_mounts.c +++ b/init/do_mounts.c @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ done: * bangs. */ -dev_t name_to_dev_t(char *name) +dev_t name_to_dev_t(const char *name) { char s[32]; char *p; @@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ fail: done: return res; } +EXPORT_SYMBOL(name_to_dev_t); static int __init root_dev_setup(char *line) { -- 2.2.0.rc0.207.ga3a616c -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
