linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] x86/mm: Export force_dma

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Message-ID: <20190903134627.GA2951@infradead.org>
Date:   Tue, 3 Sep 2019 06:46:28 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Thomas Hellström (VMware) 
        <thomas_os@...pmail.org>
Cc:     dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, pv-drivers@...are.com,
        linux-graphics-maintainer@...are.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@...are.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] x86/mm: Export force_dma_unencrypted

On Tue, Sep 03, 2019 at 03:15:01PM +0200, Thomas Hellström (VMware) wrote:
> From: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@...are.com>
> 
> The force_dma_unencrypted symbol is needed by TTM to set up the correct
> page protection when memory encryption is active. Export it.

NAK.  This is a helper for the core DMA code and drivers have no
business looking at it.