Re: [PATCH] kvm: Make kvm_rebooting visible

From: David Daney
Date: Mon Aug 05 2013 - 18:35:16 EST


On 08/05/2013 03:12 PM, Andi Kleen wrote:
From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

kvm_rebooting is referenced from assembler code, thus
needs to be visible.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 1580dd4..eff6abd 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static void hardware_disable_all(void);

static void kvm_io_bus_destroy(struct kvm_io_bus *bus);

-bool kvm_rebooting;
+__visible bool kvm_rebooting;
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_rebooting);

How many of these are there kernel wide?

Could you do something like this instead:

DEFINE_AND_EXPORT_GPL(bool, kvm_rebooting);

The definition of DEFINE_AND_EXPORT_GPL(_type, _name) is left as an exercise for the reader.

David Daney


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