linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/9] x86/nmi: Remove export of local_touch

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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 23:47:30 +0000
From: "Huang, Kai" <kai.huang@...el.com>
To: "Mehta, Sohil" <sohil.mehta@...el.com>, "tglx@...utronix.de"
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/9] x86/nmi: Remove export of local_touch_nmi()

On Thu, 2025-03-27 at 23:46 +0000, Mehta, Sohil wrote:
> Commit feb6cd6a0f9f ("thermal/intel_powerclamp: stop sched tick in
> forced idle")
> 
> got rid of the last exported user of local_touch_nmi() a while back.
> 
> Remove the unnecessary export.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@...el.com>

Reviewed-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>

> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c
> index 6a5dc35522c8..cdfb3864d59a 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c
> @@ -745,4 +745,3 @@ void local_touch_nmi(void)
>  {
>  	__this_cpu_write(last_nmi_rip, 0);
>  }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(local_touch_nmi);