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

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Date:   Fri, 4 Mar 2022 11:12:07 +0000
From:   Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@...hat.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     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 2022-03-03 05:37 -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 02, 2022 at 08:56:23PM +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> > Do we really want to hide the 'struct list_head modules' from external 
> > world ?
> > 
> > Otherwise we could declare it in include/linux/module.h ?
> I'd just move the trivial code that uses it from kernel/kdb/ to
> kernel/module/ as it is tied to module internals and just uses the
> KDB interfaces exposed to other parts of the kernel.

Hi Christoph,

This is a great idea. I'll do this instead.


Kind regards,

-- 
Aaron Tomlin