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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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