--- a/kernel/user.c~userc-make-uidhash_table-static +++ a/kernel/user.c @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(init_user_ns); #define uidhashentry(uid) (uidhash_table + __uidhashfn((__kuid_val(uid)))) static struct kmem_cache *uid_cachep; -struct hlist_head uidhash_table[UIDHASH_SZ]; +static struct hlist_head uidhash_table[UIDHASH_SZ]; /* * The uidhash_lock is mostly taken from process context, but it is