Re: [PATCH stable 3.10, 3.12, 3.14] MIPS: Export FP functions used by lose_fpu(1) for KVM

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Thu, Mar 05, 2015 at 04:08:44PM +0000, James Hogan wrote:
> [ Upstream commit 3ce465e04bfd8de9956d515d6e9587faac3375dc ]
> 
> Export the _save_fp asm function used by the lose_fpu(1) macro to GPL
> modules so that KVM can make use of it when it is built as a module.
> 
> This fixes the following build error when CONFIG_KVM=m due to commit
> f798217dfd03 ("KVM: MIPS: Don't leak FPU/DSP to guest"):
> 
> ERROR: "_save_fp" [arch/mips/kvm/kvm.ko] undefined!
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: f798217dfd03 (KVM: MIPS: Don't leak FPU/DSP to guest)
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Burton <paul.burton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Gleb Natapov <gleb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 3.10...3.15
> Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/9260/
> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> [james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx: Only export when CPU_R4K_FPU=y prior to v3.16,
>  so as not to break the Octeon build which excludes FPU support. KVM
>  depends on MIPS32r2 anyway.]
> Signed-off-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Appologies for the previous cavium_octeon_defconfig link breakage.
> Octeon has the symbol since 3.16, but not before. This backport should
> do the trick for stable 3.10, 3.12, and 3.14. Build tested with
> cavium_octeon_defconfig and malta_kvm_defconfig on those stable
> branches.
> ---
>  arch/mips/kernel/mips_ksyms.c | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

Now fixed up, thanks.

greg k-h
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