linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] module: various bug-fixes and clean-ups for module namespace

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Date:   Wed, 2 Oct 2019 21:43:26 +0100
From:   Matthias Maennich <maennich@...gle.com>
To:     Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Martijn Coenen <maco@...roid.com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] module: various bug-fixes and clean-ups for module
 namespace

On Wed, Oct 02, 2019 at 08:57:02PM +0200, Jessica Yu wrote:
>+++ Matthias Maennich [27/09/19 14:41 +0100]:
>>On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 06:35:56PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
>>>
>>>I was hit by some problems caused by the module namespace feature
>>>that was merged recently. At least, the breakage of
>>>external module builds is a fatal one. I just took a look at the code
>>>closer, and I noticed some more issues and improvements.
>>>
>>>I hope these patches are mostly OK.
>>>The 4th patch might have room for argument since it is a trade-off
>>>of "cleaner implermentation" vs "code size".
>>>
>>Thanks Masahiro for taking the time to improve the implementation of the
>>symbol namespaces. These are all good points that you addressed!
>
>Agreed, thanks Masahiro for fixing up all the rough edges! Your series
>of fixes look good to me, I will queue this up on modules-next this
>week with the exception of patch 4 - Matthias, you are planning to
>submit a patch that would supercede patch 04/07, right?

I will most likely create a patch on top of 04/07 and will submit
everything as a separate series.

Cheers,
Matthias