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SubjectRe: [PATCH 00/14] KVM: x86: Remove unnecessary exported symbols
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On 11/14/22 10:55, Like Xu wrote:
> Inspired by the Sean's minor fix [1], more unnecessary (from a GPL
> developer's perspective) exported symbols could be cleaned up
> (automation to find out true positives is possible). This move helps reduce
> the attack surface of KVM modules and guides more developers to practice
> the principle of low coupling in the KVM context.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20221110010354.1342128-1-seanjc@google.com/

I'll squash everything in a single patch and limit the change to just
removing EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL().

Paolo

> Like Xu (13):
> KVM: x86: Remove unnecessary export of kvm_inject_pending_timer_irqs()
> KVM: x86: Remove unnecessary export of kvm_get_apic_base()
> KVM: x86: Remove unnecessary export of kvm_set_apic_base()
> KVM: x86: Remove unnecessary export of kvm_inject_page_fault()
> KVM: x86: Remove unnecessary export of kvm_inject_nmi()
> KVM: x86: Remove unnecessary export of kvm_require_cpl()
> KVM: x86: Remove unnecessary export of kvm_emulate_as_nop()
> KVM: x86: Remove unnecessary export of kvm_scale_tsc()
> KVM: x86: Remove unnecessary export of kvm_vcpu_is_reset_bsp()
> KVM: x86: Remove unnecessary export of kvm_hv_assist_page_enabled()
> KVM: x86: Remove unnecessary export of kvm_can_use_hv_timer()
> KVM: x86: Remove unnecessary export of kvm_lapic_hv_timer_in_use()
> KVM: x86: Remove unnecessary export of kvm_apic_update_apicv()
>
> Sean Christopherson (1):
> KVM: x86: Remove unnecessary export of kvm_cpu_has_pending_timer()
>
> arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c | 1 -
> arch/x86/kvm/irq.c | 2 --
> arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 3 ---
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 18 +++++-------------
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.h | 2 ++
> 5 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>

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