Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: x86: Enforce use of EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL

[Sean Christopherson]

On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 11:05:14 -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Add a (gnarly) inline "script" in the Makefile to fail the build if there
> is EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL or EXPORT_SYMBOL usage in virt/kvm or arch/x86/kvm
> beyond the known-good/expected exports for other modules.  Remembering to
> use EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL is surprisingly difficult, and hoping
> to detect "bad" exports via code review is not a robust long-term strategy.
> 
> Jump through a pile of hoops to coerce make into printing a human-friendly
> error message, with the offending files+lines cleanly separated.
> 
> [...]

Applied to kvm-x86 misc, thanks!

[1/1] KVM: x86: Enforce use of EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/fc4d3a6558af

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