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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	ast@kernel.org, atishp04@gmail.com, dancol@google.com,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
	Guenter Roeck <groeck@chromium.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	karim.yaghmour@opersys.com, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
	kernel-team@android.com, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org,
	Manoj Rao <linux@manojrajarao.com>,
	Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>,
	paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com,
	"Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@infradead.org>,
	qais.yousef@arm.com, rdunlap@infradead.org, rostedt@goodmis.org,
	Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	yhs@fb.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] Provide in-kernel headers for making it easy to extend the kernel
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:45:13 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190228154513.GA12050@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190228153741.GA168373@google.com>

On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 10:37:41AM -0500, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> In any case, it is not practical to provide headers for every kernel version on
> the system image and maintain them, it will take up too much space and has to
> be periodically packaged. Not to mention that there will be kernel versions
> that are booting Android that simply don't have anyone maintaining headers
> for. So the proposed solution is an easier path.

I totally agree with this, and with your proposed patches, just wanting
to clear up some potential anti-GPL-FUD before it got spread any further :)

thanks,

greg k-h

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: gregkh at linuxfoundation.org (Greg KH)
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/2] Provide in-kernel headers for making it easy to extend the kernel
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:45:13 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190228154513.GA12050@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190228153741.GA168373@google.com>

On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 10:37:41AM -0500, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> In any case, it is not practical to provide headers for every kernel version on
> the system image and maintain them, it will take up too much space and has to
> be periodically packaged. Not to mention that there will be kernel versions
> that are booting Android that simply don't have anyone maintaining headers
> for. So the proposed solution is an easier path.

I totally agree with this, and with your proposed patches, just wanting
to clear up some potential anti-GPL-FUD before it got spread any further :)

thanks,

greg k-h

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org (Greg KH)
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/2] Provide in-kernel headers for making it easy to extend the kernel
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:45:13 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190228154513.GA12050@kroah.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <20190228154513.Yuwii4rbKWpYg4hypCUwECL5EeZjemUSVb8_S10uXu4@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190228153741.GA168373@google.com>

On Thu, Feb 28, 2019@10:37:41AM -0500, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> In any case, it is not practical to provide headers for every kernel version on
> the system image and maintain them, it will take up too much space and has to
> be periodically packaged. Not to mention that there will be kernel versions
> that are booting Android that simply don't have anyone maintaining headers
> for. So the proposed solution is an easier path.

I totally agree with this, and with your proposed patches, just wanting
to clear up some potential anti-GPL-FUD before it got spread any further :)

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2019-02-28 15:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 87+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-02-27 19:37 [PATCH v3 1/2] Provide in-kernel headers for making it easy to extend the kernel Joel Fernandes (Google)
2019-02-27 19:37 ` Joel Fernandes (Google)
2019-02-27 19:37 ` joel
2019-02-27 19:37 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] Add selftests for module build using in-kernel headers Joel Fernandes (Google)
2019-02-27 19:37   ` Joel Fernandes (Google)
2019-02-27 19:37   ` joel
2019-02-28  2:17 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] Provide in-kernel headers for making it easy to extend the kernel Masahiro Yamada
2019-02-28  2:17   ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-02-28  2:17   ` yamada.masahiro
2019-02-28 14:43   ` Joel Fernandes
2019-02-28 14:43     ` Joel Fernandes
2019-02-28 14:43     ` joel
2019-02-28 23:27     ` Joel Fernandes
2019-02-28 23:27       ` Joel Fernandes
2019-02-28 23:27       ` joel
2019-03-01  6:25     ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-03-01  6:25       ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-03-01  6:25       ` yamada.masahiro
2019-03-01 17:19       ` Joel Fernandes
2019-03-01 17:19         ` Joel Fernandes
2019-03-01 17:19         ` joel
2019-03-02  2:13         ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-03-02  2:13           ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-03-02  2:13           ` yamada.masahiro
2019-03-02  2:39           ` Joel Fernandes
2019-03-02  2:39             ` Joel Fernandes
2019-03-02  2:39             ` joel
2019-03-04  5:40             ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-03-04  5:40               ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-03-04  5:40               ` yamada.masahiro
2019-02-28  8:34 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-02-28  8:34   ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-02-28  8:34   ` mhiramat
2019-02-28 15:00   ` Joel Fernandes
2019-02-28 15:00     ` Joel Fernandes
2019-02-28 15:00     ` joel
2019-02-28 15:30     ` Greg KH
2019-02-28 15:30       ` Greg KH
2019-02-28 15:30       ` gregkh
2019-02-28 15:37       ` Joel Fernandes
2019-02-28 15:37         ` Joel Fernandes
2019-02-28 15:37         ` joel
2019-02-28 15:45         ` Greg KH [this message]
2019-02-28 15:45           ` Greg KH
2019-02-28 15:45           ` gregkh
2019-02-28 15:59           ` Joel Fernandes
2019-02-28 15:59             ` Joel Fernandes
2019-02-28 15:59             ` joel
2019-02-28 16:09           ` Steven Rostedt
2019-02-28 16:09             ` Steven Rostedt
2019-02-28 16:09             ` rostedt
2019-03-01  2:28     ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-03-01  2:28       ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-03-01  2:28       ` mhiramat
2019-03-01  3:26       ` Joel Fernandes
2019-03-01  3:26         ` Joel Fernandes
2019-03-01  3:26         ` joel
2019-03-01  7:03         ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-03-01  7:03           ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-03-01  7:03           ` mhiramat
2019-03-01 17:21           ` Joel Fernandes
2019-03-01 17:21             ` Joel Fernandes
2019-03-01 17:21             ` joel
2019-03-01 11:05         ` Qais Yousef
2019-03-01 11:05           ` Qais Yousef
2019-03-01 11:05           ` qais.yousef
2019-02-28 13:53 ` Qais Yousef
2019-02-28 13:53   ` Qais Yousef
2019-02-28 13:53   ` qais.yousef
2019-02-28 14:47   ` Joel Fernandes
2019-02-28 14:47     ` Joel Fernandes
2019-02-28 14:47     ` joel
2019-02-28 16:04     ` Dietmar Eggemann
2019-02-28 16:04       ` Dietmar Eggemann
2019-02-28 16:04       ` dietmar.eggemann
2019-02-28 16:22       ` Qais Yousef
2019-02-28 16:22         ` Qais Yousef
2019-02-28 16:22         ` qais.yousef
2019-02-28 16:48       ` Qais Yousef
2019-02-28 16:48         ` Qais Yousef
2019-02-28 16:48         ` qais.yousef
2019-02-28 18:36         ` Dietmar Eggemann
2019-02-28 18:36           ` Dietmar Eggemann
2019-02-28 18:36           ` dietmar.eggemann
2019-02-28 19:10       ` Joel Fernandes
2019-02-28 19:10         ` Joel Fernandes
2019-02-28 19:10         ` joel

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