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Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm

From Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.kernel, linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm
Date 2016-12-01 17:10 +0100
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On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 10:20:39AM -0500, Don Zickus wrote:
> 
> - provide the memory allocation (instead of having the driver staticly
>   allocate)
> - provide functions to retrieve various internal data (instead of having the
>   driver do direct referencing to deep internal elements)
> - cut down on some static inlines (and use accessory functions instead),
>   etc.
> 
> Those types of changes allow the OOT driver to be more ignorant of kernel
> changes and struct modifications.

All that is counter to what we really want to have:  a well integrated
kernel that moves forward together so that we can see and improve the
whole situation.  No need to make things worse just to help leeches.
Get your damn drivers upstream ASAP and let's stop this discussion..

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Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-11-29 02:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-11-29 03:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2016-11-29 10:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-11-29 05:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> - 2016-11-29 14:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-11-29 14:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> - 2016-11-29 15:30 +0100
      [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> - 2016-11-29 15:00 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-11-29 16:50 +0100
          Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2016-11-29 17:20 +0100
            Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-11-29 17:40 +0100
              Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-11-29 21:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-11-29 22:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-11-30 20:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-11-30 22:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-01 03:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-12-01 03:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-01 05:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2016-12-01 17:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org> - 2016-12-02 16:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-09 05:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> - 2016-12-09 16:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-09 17:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-12-10 14:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-12 05:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk> - 2016-12-12 10:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> - 2016-12-14 19:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Stanislav Kozina <skozina@redhat.com> - 2016-12-13 02:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2016-12-14 00:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Dodji Seketeli <dodji@seketeli.org> - 2016-12-14 10:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2016-12-14 10:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2016-12-14 11:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Dodji Seketeli <dodji@seketeli.org> - 2016-12-14 11:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2016-12-14 11:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Dodji Seketeli <dodji@seketeli.org> - 2016-12-14 11:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2016-12-14 11:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Dodji Seketeli <dodji@seketeli.org> - 2016-12-14 11:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 05:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-01 05:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 16:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 17:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-12-01 17:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 20:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2016-12-01 17:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-09 05:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Stanislav Kozina <skozina@redhat.com> - 2016-12-09 09:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-09 09:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Stanislav Kozina <skozina@redhat.com> - 2016-12-09 16:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-09 17:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-12-09 17:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Stanislav Kozina <skozina@redhat.com> - 2016-12-12 11:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-13 08:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@redhat.com> - 2016-12-14 15:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-15 03:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@redhat.com> - 2016-12-15 12:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-15 13:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@redhat.com> - 2016-12-15 14:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-15 15:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@redhat.com> - 2016-12-15 16:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Stanislav Kozina <skozina@redhat.com> - 2016-12-15 15:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> - 2016-12-09 17:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Stanislav Kozina <skozina@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 12:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-01 12:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Stanislav Kozina <skozina@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-01 14:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Dodji Seketeli <dodji@seketeli.org> - 2016-12-01 16:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2016-12-01 17:40 +0100
          Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> - 2016-11-29 18:10 +0100
            Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-11-29 18:30 +0100
              Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-11-29 18:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-12-01 15:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2016-12-01 17:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-12-01 19:50 +0100
                Re: [RFC, PATCH, v3.9] default exported asm symbols to zero Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2016-12-02 14:00 +0100
                Re: [RFC, PATCH, v3.9] default exported asm symbols to zero Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-12-02 16:10 +0100
                Re: [RFC, PATCH, v3.9] default exported asm symbols to zero Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> - 2016-12-02 16:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-12-02 18:30 +0100
                Re: [RFC, PATCH, v3.9] default exported asm symbols to zero Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-12-03 05:40 +0100
                Re: [RFC, PATCH, v3.9] default exported asm symbols to zero Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-12-03 12:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com> - 2016-12-04 09:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-12-04 22:10 +0100
              Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2016-11-29 22:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-12-02 03:10 +0100
          Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from  asm Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> - 2016-12-02 12:30 +0100
            Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported  from asm Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-12-02 16:10 +0100

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