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

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Date:   Thu, 3 Oct 2019 10:26:09 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>
Cc:     Matthias Maennich <maennich@...gle.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 mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] module: various bug-fixes and clean-ups for module namespace

H Jessica,

On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 3:57 AM Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org> 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

Since these are bug fixes,
please send them before v5.4.

Thanks.



> with the exception of patch 4 - Matthias, you are planning to
> submit a patch that would supercede patch 04/07, right?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jessica



-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada