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On 9/21/21 11:45 PM, Prasad Muppana wrote:
> Hi Chaitanya,
> 
> Thanks for the response.
> 
> Our driver code is not yet public and so Praveen has explained the
> flow of the code. Please let me know is there any other way to get
> some help here quickly.

The explanation, while appreciated, doesn't solve the problem here. We
_never_ add any exports for APIs that don't have any in-kernel users.
That's a hard rule that we've had forever. As such, there is not a path
for entry for this particular patch right now. It should be submitted
alongside the upstream submission request for the code using it, as a
preparatory patch.

-- 
Jens Axboe