Re: [PATCH v9 01/84] signal: export kill_pid_info()

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On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 12:07:59AM +0300, Adalbert Laz??r wrote:
> From: Mathieu Tarral <mathieu.tarral@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> This function is used by VM introspection code to ungracefully shutdown
> a guest at the request of the introspection tool.
> 
> A security application will use this as the last resort to stop the
> spread of a malware from a guest.

I don't think your module has any business doing this.  If at all
it would be an EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL, but the export is very questionable
and needs a much better justification.
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