[PATCH 0/6] KVM: Export KVM-internal symbols for sub-modules only

Sean Christopherson seanjc at google.com
Wed Jul 30 03:42:32 AEST 2025


Use the newfangled EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES() along with some macro
shenanigans to export KVM-internal symbols if and only if KVM has one or
more sub-modules, and only for those sub-modules, e.g. x86's kvm-amd.ko
and/or kvm-intel.ko.

Patch 5 gives KVM x86 the full treatment.  If anyone wants to tackle PPC,
it should be doable to restrict KVM PPC's exports as well.

Patch 6 is essentially an RFC; it compiles and is tested, but it probably
should be chunked into multiple patches.  The main reason I included it
here is to get feedback on using kvm_types.h to define the "for KVM" macros.
For KVM itself, kvm_types.h is a solid choice, but it feels a bit awkward
for non-KVM usage, and including linux/kvm_types.h in non-KVM generic code,
e.g. in kernel/, isn't viable at the moment because asm/kvm_types.h is only
provided by architectures that actually support KVM.

Based on kvm/queue.

Sean Christopherson (6):
  KVM: s390/vfio-ap: Use kvm_is_gpa_in_memslot() instead of open coded
    equivalent
  KVM: Export KVM-internal symbols for sub-modules only
  KVM: x86: Move kvm_intr_is_single_vcpu() to lapic.c
  KVM: x86: Drop pointless exports of kvm_arch_xxx() hooks
  KVM: x86: Export KVM-internal symbols for sub-modules only
  x86: Restrict KVM-induced symbol exports to KVM modules where
    obvious/possible

 arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_types.h |  15 ++
 arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h     |   2 +
 arch/s390/kvm/priv.c                 |   8 +
 arch/x86/entry/entry.S               |   7 +-
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64_fred.S       |   3 +-
 arch/x86/events/amd/core.c           |   5 +-
 arch/x86/events/core.c               |   7 +-
 arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c          |   3 +-
 arch/x86/events/intel/pt.c           |   7 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h      |   3 -
 arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_types.h     |  15 ++
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c          |   3 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic_common.c   |   3 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c            |   4 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c           |  17 +--
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bus_lock.c       |   3 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c         |   7 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c       |   3 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/virt.c       |   5 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/e820.c               |   3 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c           |  21 +--
 arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c         |   7 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c      |   3 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/irq.c                |   3 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c                |   5 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c                |   5 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c         |   5 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c             |   5 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c                |   1 +
 arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c                 |  10 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c                |   4 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/irq.c                   |  34 +----
 arch/x86/kvm/kvm_onhyperv.c          |   6 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c                 |  70 ++++++---
 arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h                 |   4 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c               |  36 ++---
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c              |  10 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c           |   2 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c                   |   8 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/smm.c                   |   2 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                   | 211 +++++++++++++--------------
 arch/x86/lib/cache-smp.c             |   9 +-
 arch/x86/lib/msr.c                   |   5 +-
 arch/x86/mm/pat/memtype.c            |   3 +-
 arch/x86/mm/tlb.c                    |   5 +-
 arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c          |  65 +++++----
 drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c    |   2 +-
 include/linux/kvm_types.h            |  39 ++++-
 virt/kvm/eventfd.c                   |   2 +-
 virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c               |   4 +-
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c                  | 126 ++++++++--------
 51 files changed, 457 insertions(+), 378 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_types.h


base-commit: beafd7ecf2255e8b62a42dc04f54843033db3d24
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