From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pj1-f68.google.com ([209.85.216.68]:33281 "EHLO mail-pj1-f68.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728132AbfLEDaw (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Dec 2019 22:30:52 -0500 Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2019 09:00:38 +0530 From: Bhaskar Chowdhury Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Enlist running kernel modules information Message-ID: <20191205033035.GB3981@debian> References: <20191203094845.610692-1-unixbhaskar@gmail.com> <20191204041543.GA1086470@ArchLinux> <6ff74f67-11d3-d16f-8aeb-828c01455961@metux.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="GRPZ8SYKNexpdSJ7" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6ff74f67-11d3-d16f-8aeb-828c01455961@metux.net> Sender: linux-kbuild-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" Cc: Masahiro Yamada , Michal Marek , Randy Dunlap , Linux Kbuild mailing list , Linux Kernel Mailing List --GRPZ8SYKNexpdSJ7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 14:48 Wed 04 Dec 2019, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote: >On 04.12.19 05:22, Bhaskar Chowdhury wrote: > >Hi, > >> I think the usefulness comes from developers wants to see what are the >> modules are using by the running kernel in formatted way. >> This is very simple way to enlist all the modules with descriptions of >> it.So , they can easily parse it with other scripts. > >IMHO, this is a good thing to have. I can even imagine it shipped by >distros, for better bug reports. > >OTOH, if it's about the currently running kernel and loaded modules, why >not putting this into /proc or /sys ? The reason being not putting in the /proc or /sys is, it is not dynamically generated stuff. This is small script which do a specific task ,out of the information available in /proc or /sys. And essentially resides in the scripts directory for easy finding and using. =20 :) ~Bhaskar > > >--mtx > >--=20 >Dringender Hinweis: aufgrund existenzieller Bedrohung durch "Emotet" >sollten Sie *niemals* MS-Office-Dokumente via E-Mail annehmen/=F6ffenen, >selbst wenn diese von vermeintlich vertrauensw=FCrdigen Absendern zu >stammen scheinen. Andernfalls droht Totalschaden. >--- >Hinweis: unverschl=FCsselte E-Mails k=F6nnen leicht abgeh=F6rt und manipul= iert >werden ! F=FCr eine vertrauliche Kommunikation senden Sie bitte ihren >GPG/PGP-Schl=FCssel zu. >--- >Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult >Free software and Linux embedded engineering >info@metux.net -- +49-151-27565287 --GRPZ8SYKNexpdSJ7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAABCgAdFiEEnwF+nWawchZUPOuwsjqdtxFLKRUFAl3oedgACgkQsjqdtxFL KRX1EQf/bM+T/selwfgcqWcb3hw5h1W4xeF8v3MgFwzyiBKWHIbSHd8+ly1G4iO+ YMzDeOSceRGjE3p/GnsR9D2Z2Oz/2Bb9U7LH6QO72TQMsP9yfZCXu2jOgxFWdkns KKybGCo4udo/Ui8RiLZm+0agD3mJClJoRxPAXEgMZ0euRh/oja4r2FF4qfclfKnW dCuDmLV8eiFElFez+qR1KK4JzmJLcI+RX+0KgATUBNIwbwv+inu/xLKt+nPg2pPu L0ui74Slc/RKz0CzEs5HA8jsKF1ErqlKNzweK6GoeHGGGx14vRDwyRmjyU08OIcy Yx69fTPorBKBHJxyJbWdzPRhhL+UMw== =Tgd4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GRPZ8SYKNexpdSJ7--