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

From Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.kernel, linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm
Date 2016-12-01 17:40 +0100
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On 2016-12-01 05:13, Don Zickus wrote:
> Sorry for chiming in late, but yes RHEL is a big user of MODVERSIONS for our
> kabi protection work.  Despite our best intentions we still have lots of
> partners and customers that provide value-add out-of-tree drivers to their
> customers.  These module builders requested we have a mechanism to allow
> rolling modules forward for each of our minor RHEL updates without breaking
> their drivers.

FWIW, in SLES we use CONFIG_MODVERSION for pretty much the same reasons
you listed. We also enable it in openSUSE, but there it's not as crucial.

Michal

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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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