linux-kernel - [tip: x86/misc] x86/bugs: Drop unnecessary export of "x86_spec_ctrl

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Message-ID: <176299449292.498.16952159173478864398.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:41:32 -0000
From: "tip-bot2 for Sean Christopherson" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
 Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject:
 [tip: x86/misc] x86/bugs: Drop unnecessary export of "x86_spec_ctrl_base"

The following commit has been merged into the x86/misc branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     ed028824605a6ddf8707b9313f7e76419d453ca6
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/ed028824605a6ddf8707b9313f7e76419d453ca6
Author:        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
AuthorDate:    Wed, 12 Nov 2025 09:39:41 -08:00
Committer:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
CommitterDate: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:24:42 -08:00

x86/bugs: Drop unnecessary export of "x86_spec_ctrl_base"

Don't export x86_spec_ctrl_base as it's used only in bugs.c and process.c,
neither of which can be built into a module.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251112173944.1380633-2-seanjc%40google.com
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index d7fa03b..57c1d0e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ static void __init vmscape_apply_mitigation(void);
 
 /* The base value of the SPEC_CTRL MSR without task-specific bits set */
 u64 x86_spec_ctrl_base;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(x86_spec_ctrl_base);
 
 /* The current value of the SPEC_CTRL MSR with task-specific bits set */
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(u64, x86_spec_ctrl_current);