netdev - Re: [PATCH net 001/117] mac80211: set .owner to THIS_MODULE in debugfs

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Date:   Thu, 08 Oct 2020 18:06:56 +0200
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:     Taehee Yoo <ap420073@...il.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, wil6210@....qualcomm.com,
        b43-dev@...ts.infradead.org, linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 001/117] mac80211: set .owner to THIS_MODULE in
 debugfs_netdev.c

On Thu, 2020-10-08 at 15:50 +0000, Taehee Yoo wrote:
> If THIS_MODULE is not set, the module would be removed while debugfs is
> being used.
> It eventually makes kernel panic.
> 
Wow, 117 practically identical patches? No thanks ...

Can you merge the ones that belong to a single driver?

net/mac80211/ -> mac80211
net/wireless/ -> cfg80211

etc.

I don't think we need more than one patch for each driver/subsystem.

johannes