On Thu, 02 Jan 2025 15:40:50 +0000, Costas Argyris wrote:
> Commit a7b9020b06ec ("x86/l1tf: Handle EPT disabled state proper",
> 2018-07-13) dropped the "__exit" attribute from vmx_exit because
Uber nit, the preferred format for referencing commits is:
a7b9020b06ec ("x86/l1tf: Handle EPT disabled state proper")
> vmx_init was changed to call vmx_exit.
>
> However, commit e32b120071ea (KVM: VMX: Do _all_ initialization
> before exposing /dev/kvm to userspace, 2022-11-30) changed vmx_init
> to call __vmx_exit instead of vmx_exit. This made it possible to
> mark vmx_exit as "__exit" again, as it originally was, and enjoy
> the benefits that it provides (the function can be discarded from
> memory in situations where it cannot be called, like the module
> being built-in or module unloading being disabled in the kernel).
>
> [...]
Applied to kvm-x86 vmx, thanks!
[1/1] KVM: VMX: Reinstate __exit attribute for vmx_exit
https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/b5fd06847320
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