Re: [PATCH 3.8-rc4-nohz3] kvm: Add missing EXPORT_SYMBOL when CONFIG_KVM=m

From: Sedat Dilek
Date: Wed Jan 23 2013 - 10:25:40 EST


On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 2013/1/23 Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> 2013/1/23 Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>> On Wed, 2013-01-23 at 14:46 +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> > Hmmm, yes, but why, clueless, CONFIG_KVM=y as a workaround!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I believe he pointed out the "{i" to you. Typing mistake?
>>>>>
>>>>> In which case the CONFIG_KVM=y is a work around if that {i is within a
>>>>> #ifndef CONFIG_KVM ;-)
>>>>
>>>> No it's in #ifdef CONFIG_KVM so the right fix is:
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/kernel/context_tracking.c b/kernel/context_tracking.c
>>>> index bbb2c2c..a13b8a3 100644
>>>> --- a/kernel/context_tracking.c
>>>> +++ b/kernel/context_tracking.c
>>>> @@ -111,14 +111,19 @@ void guest_enter(void)
>>>> else
>>>> __guest_enter();
>>>> }
>>>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(guest_enter);
>>>>
>>>> void guest_exit(void)
>>>> {
>>>> +#ifndef CONFIG_KVM
>>>> +i
>>>> +#endif
>>>> if (vtime_accounting_enabled())
>>>> vtime_guest_exit(current);
>>>> else
>>>> __guest_exit();
>>>> }
>>>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(guest_exit);
>>>> #endif
>>>
>>> So, what's the real fix for this issue?
>>
>> So CONFIG_SOMETHING doesn't work when it's a module. Hence we need to
>> remove the ifdef CONFIG_KVM around guest_enter(), guest_exit(),
>> vtime_guest_enter() and vtime_guest_exit(). Also it seems we need
>> <linux/export.h> in context_tracking.c
>
> You mean sth. like this?
>

Isn't vtime.h missing in kvm_host.h as an include?

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> - Sedat -
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