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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm: Export follow_pte() for KVM so that KVM can stop using follow_pfn()
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On 04/02/21 18:16, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Export follow_pte() to fix build breakage when KVM is built as a module.
> An in-flight KVM fix switches from follow_pfn() to follow_pte() in order
> to grab the page protections along with the PFN.
>
> Fixes: bd2fae8da794 ("KVM: do not assume PTE is writable after follow_pfn")
> Cc: David Stevens <stevensd@google.com>
> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
> Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
> ---
>
> Paolo, maybe you can squash this with the appropriate acks?

Indeed, you beat me by a minute. This change is why I hadn't sent out
the patch yet.

Andrew or Jason, ok to squash this?

Paolo

> mm/memory.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index feff48e1465a..15cbd10afd59 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -4775,6 +4775,7 @@ int follow_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
> out:
> return -EINVAL;
> }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(follow_pte);
>
> /**
> * follow_pfn - look up PFN at a user virtual address
>

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