linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] KVM: Export KVM-internal symbols for sub-modules only

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Message-ID: <175895291958.2931667.5042104101547847294.b4-ty@google.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 23:02:32 -0700
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@...ux.ibm.com>, 
	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ux.ibm.com>, Janosch Frank <frankja@...ux.ibm.com>, 
	Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@...ux.ibm.com>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, 
	Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>, Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@...ux.ibm.com>, 
	Halil Pasic <pasic@...ux.ibm.com>, Jason Herne <jjherne@...ux.ibm.com>, 
	Harald Freudenberger <freude@...ux.ibm.com>, Holger Dengler <dengler@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] KVM: Export KVM-internal symbols for sub-modules only

On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 17:32:58 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Use the newfangled EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES() along with some macro
> shenanigans to export KVM-internal symbols if and only if KVM has one or
> more sub-modules, and only for those sub-modules, e.g. x86's kvm-amd.ko
> and/or kvm-intel.ko.
> 
> Patch 5 gives KVM x86 the full treatment.  If anyone wants to tackle PPC,
> it should be doable to restrict KVM PPC's exports as well.
> 
> [...]

Quite belatedly (forgot to send the "thanks"), applied to kvm-x86 exports.

[1/5] KVM: s390/vfio-ap: Use kvm_is_gpa_in_memslot() instead of open coded equivalent
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/66d1a7ac946c
[2/5] KVM: Export KVM-internal symbols for sub-modules only
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/d66078b8c990
[3/5] KVM: x86: Move kvm_intr_is_single_vcpu() to lapic.c
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/16e53ef18450
[4/5] KVM: x86: Drop pointless exports of kvm_arch_xxx() hooks
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/26caf4d04e01
[5/5] KVM: x86: Export KVM-internal symbols for sub-modules only
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/aca2a0fa7796

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