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Date:   Fri, 14 Apr 2023 12:00:11 +0300
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
To:     Yixin Shen <bobankhshen@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] lib/win_minmax: export symbol of
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On Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 02:27:36AM +0000, Yixin Shen wrote:
> > Please provide in-tree kernel user for that EXPORT_SYMBOL.
> 
> It is hard to provide such an in-tree kernel user. 

So once you overcome it, feel free to send this EXPORT_SYMBOL patch
together with in-tree kernel user, but for now it is against kernel
policy.

Thanks