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

From: Stanislav Kinsburskii

Date: Tue Dec 16 2025 - 19:45:25 EST


On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 10:21:29PM +0000, Wei Liu wrote:
> 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.
>

The whole idea of mshv_common.c is to have common code for all archs.
It would be nice to keep this file as it is.

Thanks,
Stanislav

> 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
> >