linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] oid_registry: allow arbitrary size OIDs

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Message-ID: <3954440.1764102914@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 20:35:14 +0000
From: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: dhowells@...hat.com,
    James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
    linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
    Blaise Boscaccy <bboscaccy@...ux.microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] oid_registry: allow arbitrary size OIDs

Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> How big a problem is this in shipped kernels?  Should we backport it?

Not really much of a problem.  The OIDs that get compiled are all listed in
include/linux/oid_registry.h.  External forces can't add new ones dynamically.

David