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Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] x86/paravirt: move some functions and defines to alternative


  • To: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 15:31:07 +0200
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On 25.10.23 12:34, Borislav Petkov wrote:
On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 11:15:16AM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
+/* Low-level backend functions usable from alternative code replacements. */
+DEFINE_ASM_FUNC(x86_nop, "", .entry.text);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(x86_nop);

This is all x86 code so you don't really need the "x86_" prefix - "nop"
is perfectly fine.

There is

#define nop() asm volatile ("nop")

in arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h already.


+noinstr void x86_BUG(void)
+{
+       BUG();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(x86_BUG);

That export is needed for?

Paravirt stuff in modules?

It builds here without it - I guess I need to do an allmodconfig.


It might not be needed now, but are you sure we won't need it in future?


Juergen

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