Re: [RFC] module: Strict per-modname namespaces

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Wed, Nov 06, 2024 at 08:02:40PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been wanting $topic for a while, and having just stumbled into the
> whole namespace thing by accident, I figured I'd give it a go, most if
> the hard parts seem to have already been done.
> 
> It reserves and disallows imports on any "MODULE_${name}" namespace,
> while it implicitly adds the same namespace to every module.
> 
> This allows exports targeted at specific modules and no others -- one
> random example included. I've hated the various kvm exports we've had
> for a while, and strictly limiting them to the kvm module helps
> alleviate some abuse potential.

Very nice!  I like it too, no objection from me, should make it easier
to clean up a lot of stuff.

greg k-h