linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Enlist running kernel modules information

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Date:   Wed, 4 Dec 2019 14:48:16 +0100
From:   "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml@...ux.net>
To:     Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@...il.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Enlist running kernel modules information

On 04.12.19 05:22, Bhaskar Chowdhury wrote:

Hi,

> I think the usefulness comes from developers wants to see what are the
> modules are using by the running kernel in formatted way.
> This is very simple way to enlist all the modules with descriptions of
> it.So , they can easily parse it with other scripts.

IMHO, this is a good thing to have. I can even imagine it shipped by
distros, for better bug reports.

OTOH, if it's about the currently running kernel and loaded modules, why
not putting this into /proc or /sys ?


--mtx

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