linux-kernel - Re: [patch 00/15] x86/tlb: Unexport per-CPU tlbstate

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Message-ID: <860bf6a4-e0c9-92a8-065d-780f4a5794c1@oracle.com>
Date:   Mon, 20 Apr 2020 18:33:49 +0200
From:   Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@...cle.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Lendacky <Thomas.Lendacky@....com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 00/15] x86/tlb: Unexport per-CPU tlbstate



On 4/19/20 10:31 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> The per-CPU tlbstate contains sensitive information which should be really
> only accessible in core code. It is exported to modules because some inline
> functions which are required by KVM need access to it.
> 
> The following series creates regular exported functions for the few things
> which are needed by KVM and hides the struct definition and some low level
> helpers from modules.
> 
> The series is also available from git:
> 
>     git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/devel x86/tlb
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	tglx
> 

Reviewed-by: Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@...cle.com>

For all patches.

alex.