From: Brad Boyer <flar@allandria.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/14] locks: factor out generic/filesystem switch from setlock code
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 13:27:50 -0800
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On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 08:37:32AM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> In general we want everything that's internal to be _GPL, and a symbol
> that's only for use in the lock manager falls under that category.

OK. I guess I misunderstood the purpose of the function. Thank you
for your explanation. It looked more generic than that based on a
quick read of the patch.

	Brad Boyer
	flar@allandria.com