linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] KVM: Export KVM-internal symbols for sub-modules only

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Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 15:59:33 +0200
From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] KVM: Export KVM-internal symbols for sub-modules only

On 7/29/25 19:42, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Use the newfangled EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES() along with some macro
> shenanigans to export KVM-internal symbols if and only if KVM has one or

Note it was renamed to EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES() only in 6.17-rc3 so this
series will need rebasing to that and adjustment. Probably best to rename
also EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL for consistency?

Thanks,
Vlastimil

> more sub-modules, and only for those sub-modules, e.g. x86's kvm-amd.ko
> and/or kvm-intel.ko.
>