linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/process: Export start

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Date:   Sun, 19 Aug 2018 21:34:42 -0700
From:   Rian Hunter <rian@...m.mit.edu>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bpetkov@...e.de>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>,
        Dmitry Safonov <dima@...sta.com>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/process: Export start_thread()

On 2018-08-19 19:29, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>> On Aug 19, 2018, at 4:08 PM, Rian Hunter <rian@...m.mit.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Commit e634d8fc792c ("x86-64: merge the standard and compat
>> start_thread() functions") removed exporting for the start_thread()
>> function in what seems like a typo. Add it back to
>> arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c for parity with process_32.c and other
>> arch.
> 
> What for?  Perhaps 32-bit could remove it instead?
> 

Came across this while writing a binfmt module. Useful for me but 
probably no one else on Earth, at least for another ~9 years on average.

>> Signed-off-by: Rian Hunter <rian@...m.mit.edu>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 1 +
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>> 
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c 
>> b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
>> index 476e3ddf8890..a451bc374b9b 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
>> @@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long 
>> new_ip, unsigned long new_sp)
>>    start_thread_common(regs, new_ip, new_sp,
>>                __USER_CS, __USER_DS, 0);
>> }
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(start_thread);
>> 
>> #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
>> void compat_start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, u32 new_ip, u32 new_sp)
>> --
>> 2.16.3
>>