From: Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>
To: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>,
Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>,
Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>,
Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>,
Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>,
Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com>,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@linux.ibm.com>,
Farhan Ali <alifm@linux.ibm.com>,
Eric Farman <farman@linux.ibm.com>,
Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.ibm.com>,
Halil Pasic <pasic@linux.ibm.com>,
Jason Herne <jjherne@linux.ibm.com>,
Harald Freudenberger <freude@linux.ibm.com>,
Holger Dengler <dengler@linux.ibm.com>,
Alex Williamson <alex@shazbot.org>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 5/5] KVM: Restrict kvm_get_kvm/kvm_put_kvm export to internal KVM modules
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:58:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260924-vfio-v3-5-4a294307797b@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260924-vfio-v3-0-4a294307797b@linux.ibm.com>
Switch kvm_get_kvm, kvm_get_kvm_safe, and kvm_put_kvm from
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL to EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL. These symbols are
now only used within KVM itself. No external module needs them now that
VFIO uses file-based reference counting. Remove the corresponding
exemptions from the x86 KVM Makefile exports check.
Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/Makefile | 5 +----
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 6 +++---
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile b/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile
index e6d395ede9e2..c6bf463f5032 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile
@@ -61,10 +61,7 @@ exports_grep_trailer := --include='*.[ch]' -nrw $(srctree)/virt/kvm $(srctree)/a
-e kvm_page_track_unregister_notifier \
-e kvm_write_track_add_gfn \
-e kvm_write_track_remove_gfn \
- -e kvm_file_to_kvm_fn \
- -e kvm_get_kvm \
- -e kvm_get_kvm_safe \
- -e kvm_put_kvm
+ -e kvm_file_to_kvm_fn
# Force grep to emit a goofy group separator that can in turn be replaced with
# the above newline macro (newlines in Make are a nightmare). Note, grep only
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index bab71d398236..891a67cb365a 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1314,7 +1314,7 @@ void kvm_get_kvm(struct kvm *kvm)
{
refcount_inc(&kvm->users_count);
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_get_kvm);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_get_kvm);
/*
* Make sure the vm is not during destruction, which is a safe version of
@@ -1324,14 +1324,14 @@ bool kvm_get_kvm_safe(struct kvm *kvm)
{
return refcount_inc_not_zero(&kvm->users_count);
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_get_kvm_safe);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_get_kvm_safe);
void kvm_put_kvm(struct kvm *kvm)
{
if (refcount_dec_and_test(&kvm->users_count))
kvm_destroy_vm(kvm);
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_put_kvm);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_put_kvm);
/*
* Used to put a reference that was taken on behalf of an object associated
--
2.53.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-24 8:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-24 8:58 [PATCH v3 0/5] KVM/vfio: Use file-based reference counting for KVM Steffen Eiden
2026-09-24 8:58 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] KVM: Introduce file_to_kvm_<arch>() infrastructure Steffen Eiden
2026-09-24 8:58 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] KVM: Add file back-pointer to struct kvm Steffen Eiden
2026-09-24 8:58 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] KVM: x86: Use file_to_kvm_x86() in SEV Steffen Eiden
2026-09-24 8:58 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] KVM/vfio: Use file-based reference counting for KVM Steffen Eiden
2026-09-24 12:47 ` Jason J. Herne
2026-09-24 8:58 ` Steffen Eiden [this message]
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