linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH md-6.14 13/13] md/md-bitmap: support to build md-bitmap as kernel module

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Message-ID: <Z3u7quGlqJ8fP6R7@infradead.org>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2025 03:16:58 -0800
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To: Yu Kuai <yukuai1@...weicloud.com>
Cc: xni@...hat.com, agk@...hat.com, snitzer@...nel.org, mpatocka@...hat.com,
	song@...nel.org, yukuai3@...wei.com, dm-devel@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	yi.zhang@...wei.com, yangerkun@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH md-6.14 13/13] md/md-bitmap: support to build md-bitmap
 as kernel module

On Wed, Dec 25, 2024 at 07:15:46PM +0800, Yu Kuai wrote:
> From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>
> 
> Now that all implementations are internal, it's sensible to build it as
> kernel module now.

Why is it sensible?  You need tons of exports for a small piece of
code that doesn't really feel like it is a sensible module.