Re: [PATCH] mshv: hide x86-specific functions on arm64

From: Wei Liu
Date: Tue Dec 16 2025 - 17:21:38 EST


On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 10:36:12PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> The hv_sleep_notifiers_register() and hv_machine_power_off() functions are
> only called and declared on x86, but cause a warning on arm64:
>
> drivers/hv/mshv_common.c:210:6: error: no previous prototype for 'hv_sleep_notifiers_register' [-Werror=missing-prototypes]
> 210 | void hv_sleep_notifiers_register(void)
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/hv/mshv_common.c:224:6: error: no previous prototype for 'hv_machine_power_off' [-Werror=missing-prototypes]
> 224 | void hv_machine_power_off(void)
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Hide both inside of an #ifdef block.
>
> Fixes: f0be2600ac55 ("mshv: Use reboot notifier to configure sleep state")
> Fixes: 615a6e7d83f9 ("mshv: Cleanly shutdown root partition with MSHV")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Thanks Arnd. I have a queued up a patch which make available the
declarations to arm64. Let me think about whether to use your patch
instead.

Anyway, this issue will be fixed one way or the other once I send a PR
to Linus.

Wei

> ---
> drivers/hv/mshv_common.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hv/mshv_common.c b/drivers/hv/mshv_common.c
> index 58027b23c206..63f09bb5136e 100644
> --- a/drivers/hv/mshv_common.c
> +++ b/drivers/hv/mshv_common.c
> @@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ int hv_call_get_partition_property(u64 partition_id,
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hv_call_get_partition_property);
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86
> /*
> * Corresponding sleep states have to be initialized in order for a subsequent
> * HVCALL_ENTER_SLEEP_STATE call to succeed. Currently only S5 state as per
> @@ -237,3 +238,4 @@ void hv_machine_power_off(void)
> BUG();
>
> }
> +#endif
> --
> 2.39.5
>