linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] module: Strict per-modname namespaces

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Message-ID: <49b63a7c-d323-4b13-8a1d-11ec8f0a3152@suse.com>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 10:47:57 +0200
From: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com>
To: masahiroy@...nel.org
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, mcgrof@...nel.org, x86@...nel.org,
 hpa@...or.com, samitolvanen@...gle.com, da.gomez@...sung.com,
 nathan@...nel.org, nicolas@...sle.eu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-modules@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
 hch@...radead.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, roypat@...zon.co.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] module: Strict per-modname namespaces

On 5/2/25 16:12, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Implement means for exports to be available to an explicit list of named
> modules. By explicitly limiting the usage of certain exports, the abuse
> potential/risk is greatly reduced.
> 
> Changes since v2:
> 
>  - switch to "module:" prefix (Masahiro)
>  - removed some patch noise (Masahiro)
>  - strstarts() and strlen() usage for prefixes (Masahiro)
>  - simpler ___EXPORT_SYMBOL() changes (Masahiro)
> 
> Not making using of glob_match() / fnmatch(); this would result in more
> complicated code for very little gain.

@Masahiro, please let me know if you're still reviewing the modpost or
other changes, or the series now looks good to you. I'd like to take it
for v6.16-rc1.

-- 
Thanks,
Petr