linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 13/14] module: Move kdb

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Date:   Thu, 3 Mar 2022 11:00:35 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 13/14] module: Move kdb_modules list out of core code

On Thu, Mar 03, 2022 at 06:16:58PM +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Well .... The idea at the first place was to get rid of the #ifdef 
> CONFIG_KGDB_KDB in modules.
> 
> Here you propose it the other way round. Why not, in that case that 
> would mean a dedicated file in kernel/module/ as part of the series 
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-modules/list/?series=618917&state=*

With the series you can of course move it to a new kernel/module/kdb.c.
But I don't have a tree with the series applied at hand and just want
to show how kdb_lsmod can live outside of kernel/debug easily.