linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86/mm: Remove set_pages_x() and set_pages

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Message-Id: <20190918164121.30006-1-Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Date:   Wed, 18 Sep 2019 11:41:21 -0500
From:   Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] x86/mm: Remove set_pages_x() and set_pages_nx()

In commit 185be15143aa ("x86/mm: Remove set_pages_x() and set_pages_nx()"),
the wrappers were removed as they did not provide a real benefit over
set_memory_x() and set_memory_nx(). This change causes a problem because
the wrappers were exported, but the underlying routines were not. As a
result, external modules that used the wrappers would need to recreate
a significant part of memory management.

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Fixes: 185be15143aa ("x86/mm: Remove set_pages_x() and set_pages_nx()")
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
index 0d09cc5aad61..755867fc7c19 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -1885,6 +1885,7 @@ int set_memory_x(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
 
 	return change_page_attr_clear(&addr, numpages, __pgprot(_PAGE_NX), 0);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_memory_x);
 
 int set_memory_nx(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
 {
@@ -1893,6 +1894,7 @@ int set_memory_nx(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
 
 	return change_page_attr_set(&addr, numpages, __pgprot(_PAGE_NX), 0);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_memory_nx);
 
 int set_memory_ro(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
 {
-- 
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