linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 resend 1/2] Provide in-kernel headers to make extending kernel easier

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Date:   Fri, 3 May 2019 09:30:07 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        atish patra <atishp04@...il.com>,
        Daniel Colascione <dancol@...gle.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Guenter Roeck <groeck@...omium.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Karim Yaghmour <karim.yaghmour@...rsys.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
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        Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 resend 1/2] Provide in-kernel headers to make
 extending kernel easier

> > > As you say, either is fine with me.
> > >
> > > > 2. Who is going to pull this patch: This seems a matter of where the header
> > > > archive resides. If it is in /sys/kernel/ then I am assuming Greg will pull
> > > > it.  Masahiro has given his Reviewed-by tag, is he the one to pull it?
> > >
> > > I can take it, but it probably should just go through the kbuild tree,
> > > as that makes more sense to me.
> > 
> > 
> > I do not want to take responsibility for this.
> 
> Hah, ok, I'll be glad to queue this up in my tree.  I'll take it now,
> and if people who really object to this being in /proc/ and want it in
> /sys/, we can add a follow-on patch before 5.2-final is out to move the
> file to that location.

People really object to having it in kernel in the first place.

									Pavel
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