linux-kernel - Re: [patch 01/26] Linux Kernel Markers Support for Proprierary Modules

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Date:	Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:19:20 -0500
From:	Jon Masters <jonathan@...masters.org>
To:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@...hat.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 01/26] Linux Kernel Markers Support for Proprierary
	Modules


On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 15:27 -0500, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:

> There seems to be good arguments for markers to support proprierary modules. So
> I am throwing this one-liner in and let's see how people react. It only makes
> sure that a module that has been "forced" to be loaded won't have its markers
> used. It is important to leave this check to make sure the kernel does not crash
> by expecting the markers part of the struct module by mistake in the case there
> is an incorrect checksum.

Acked-by: Jon Masters <jcm@...masters.org>


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