smatch reports
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:199:20: warning: symbol
  'mitigate_smt_rsb' was not declared. Should it be static?

This variable is only used in one file so it should be static.

Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 8bb8f226f51f..4ce3411d35f3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ bool __read_mostly eager_page_split = true;
 module_param(eager_page_split, bool, 0644);
 
 /* Enable/disable SMT_RSB bug mitigation */
-bool __read_mostly mitigate_smt_rsb;
+static bool __read_mostly mitigate_smt_rsb;
 module_param(mitigate_smt_rsb, bool, 0444);
 
 /*
-- 
2.27.0

"varaiable" in the shortlog is mispelled, I just dropped it and wrapped the
variable name itself in quotes.

On Mon, 03 Apr 2023 21:01:41 -0400, Tom Rix wrote:
> smatch reports
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:199:20: warning: symbol
>   'mitigate_smt_rsb' was not declared. Should it be static?
> 
> This variable is only used in one file so it should be static.
> 
> 
> [...]

Applied to kvm-x86 misc, thanks!

[1/1] KVM: x86: set "mitigate_smt_rsb" storage-class-specifier to static
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/944a8dad8b4e

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https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/tree/next
https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/tree/fixes