Patch "x86: export get_xsave_addr" has been added to the 3.18-stable tree

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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    x86: export get_xsave_addr

to the 3.18-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     x86-export-get_xsave_addr.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.18 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.


>From ba7b39203a3a18018173b87e73f27169bd8e5147 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 10:57:42 +0100
Subject: x86: export get_xsave_addr

From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit ba7b39203a3a18018173b87e73f27169bd8e5147 upstream.

get_xsave_addr is the API to access XSAVE states, and KVM would
like to use it.  Export it.

Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 arch/x86/kernel/xsave.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/xsave.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/xsave.c
@@ -738,3 +738,4 @@ void *get_xsave_addr(struct xsave_struct
 
 	return (void *)xsave + xstate_comp_offsets[feature];
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_xsave_addr);


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx are

queue-3.18/kvm-x86-em_ret_far-overrides-cpl.patch
queue-3.18/x86-export-get_xsave_addr.patch
queue-3.18/kvm-x86-support-xsaves-usage-in-the-host.patch
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