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authorSteffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>2026-09-28 15:07:06 +0200
committerChristian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>2026-10-02 10:40:01 +0200
commit00aa2c8a02b8f5214f41f50b67bf43d9380471a0 (patch)
tree13828565e4b9f76555b22d79ffc3e600fd316d70 /virt
parent5c3ea6d3e836debc1f7f5518a5ec0c7e058fb04a (diff)
KVM: Restrict kvm_get_kvm/kvm_put_kvm export to internal KVM modules
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> Reviewed-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com> Acked-by: Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com> Acked-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'virt')
-rw-r--r--virt/kvm/kvm_main.c6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
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