linux-kernel - Re: [patch 15/20] x86/perf: Drop EXPORT of perf_check

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Message-ID: <20170418112416.zi2lei4cqj3jemvh@pd.tnic>
Date:   Tue, 18 Apr 2017 13:24:16 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 15/20] x86/perf: Drop EXPORT of perf_check_microcode

On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 07:01:22PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> The only caller is the microcode update, which cannot be modular.
> 
> Drop the export.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
> Cc: x86@...nel.org
> ---
>  arch/x86/events/core.c |    1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> --- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
> @@ -2224,7 +2224,6 @@ void perf_check_microcode(void)
>  	if (x86_pmu.check_microcode)
>  		x86_pmu.check_microcode();
>  }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(perf_check_microcode);
>  
>  static struct pmu pmu = {
>  	.pmu_enable		= x86_pmu_enable,

Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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