linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v4 00/13] module: core code clean up

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Date:   Thu, 3 Feb 2022 18:15:53 +0000
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
To:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@...hat.com>,
        Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@...e.de>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v4 00/13] module: core code clean up



Le 03/02/2022 à 01:20, Luis Chamberlain a écrit :
> On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 09:32:01PM +0000, Aaron Tomlin wrote:
>> Hi Luis,
>>
>> As per your suggestion [1], this is an attempt to refactor and split
>> optional code out of core module support code into separate components.
>> This version is based on branch mcgrof/modules-next since a97ac8cb24a3/or
>> modules-5.17-rc1. Please let me know your thoughts.
>>

I also have the feeling that a lot of stuff like function prototypes you 
added in include/linux/module.h should instead go in 
kernel/module/internal.h as they are not used outside of kernel/module/

Christophe