linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] xen/mem-reservation API and out-of-tree kernel modules

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Message-ID: <735816a7-897a-61ad-e70b-8d683c94d8ac@epam.com>
Date:   Fri, 1 Feb 2019 08:38:43 +0000
From:   Oleksandr Andrushchenko <Oleksandr_Andrushchenko@...m.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>
CC:     xen-devel <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "marmarek@...isiblethingslab.com" <marmarek@...isiblethingslab.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] xen/mem-reservation API and out-of-tree kernel
 modules

On 2/1/19 10:27 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 01:44:15PM -0800, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
>> The alternative would be to turn xenmem_reservation_scrub_page into a
>> regular function (not a static inline)?
> All that is a moot point until said currently out of tree module gets
> submitted for inclusion anyway.
Indeed this is a moot point, so I can't argue here.
But this is how it is and unfortunately we have to live
with those modules and depend on 3rd parties willing or not
to disclose their sources to public...