linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 2/4] [RFC] x86/trampfd: Provide support for the trampoline file descriptor

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Message-ID: <20200730090612.GA900546@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 30 Jul 2020 11:06:12 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     madvenka@...ux.microsoft.com
Cc:     kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, oleg@...hat.com,
        x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/4] [RFC] x86/trampfd: Provide support for the
 trampoline file descriptor

On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 08:10:48AM -0500, madvenka@...ux.microsoft.com wrote:
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(trampfd_valid_regs);

Why are all of these exported?  I don't see a module user in this
series, or did I miss it somehow?

EXPORT_SYMBOL* is only needed for symbols to be used by modules, not by
code that is built into the kernel.

thanks,

greg k-h