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From:   Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 09/17] x86/hyperv: provide a bunch of helper functions
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Date:   Fri, 13 Nov 2020 17:13:44 +0100
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Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org> writes:

> On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 04:57:46PM +0100, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
>> Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org> writes:
> [...]
>> > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mshyperv.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mshyperv.h
>> > index 67f5d35a73d3..4e590a167160 100644
>> > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mshyperv.h
>> > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mshyperv.h
>> > @@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ extern void  __percpu  **hyperv_pcpu_output_arg;
>> >  
>> >  extern u64 hv_current_partition_id;
>> >  
>> > +int hv_call_deposit_pages(int node, u64 partition_id, u32 num_pages);
>> > +int hv_call_add_logical_proc(int node, u32 lp_index, u32 acpi_id);
>> > +int hv_call_create_vp(int node, u64 partition_id, u32 vp_index, u32 flags);
>> 
>> You seem to be only doing EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() for
>> hv_call_deposit_pages() and hv_call_create_vp() but not for
>> hv_call_add_logical_proc() - is this intended? Also, I don't see
>> hv_call_create_vp()/hv_call_add_logical_proc() usage outside of
>> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c so maybe we don't need to export them at all?
>> 
>
> hv_call_deposit_pages and hv_call_create_vp will be needed by /dev/mshv,
> which can be built as a module.
>

I'd suggest to move EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() to the series adding '/dev/mshv'
then. Dangling exported symbols with no users tend to be removed. No
strong opinion, just a suggestion.

> hv_call_add_logical_proc is only needed by mshyperv.c and not exported
> in the first place.
>
> This code is fine.

Thanks for the confirmation!

-- 
Vitaly