From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7C4AB3859E3 for ; Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:14:49 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=198.137.202.133 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1773148490; cv=none; b=uXc0/4B+GDx8QMTeLOw67AFuF+jIqLl8zZAnw7IxeRLPupqiZje5vL5Ftjp//D5RzR7vkzRQpOoHSrKuNOhJL1ABr+Sm8LVDIlDnyBvB7x7pWfHRlMDgh0R72XZreX+MaIEU9NKjYUElo+0PcRiTLKbgD59tv0LnueEppUuOOSs= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1773148490; c=relaxed/simple; bh=AqSw/iuvlsvi6nywDAOSpzCpQg5Io0D4nPJjBsa9Y/w=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=MQFji3kT09x6ArKsC+ZrtzhBdUKwB8aQofE5BKdb7KxScyfxO5ndMAXKFnCwuwytDxbDg3akJNjO0C+FvxJkHE+qqRKdRhjsyeqOM5EoMxL1t9wvDAiHG91Vb03kFMFDMd/SKSz9e5oVMgtGQXCTuaOzkxPRJy2r1zogEwqPtPQ= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=infradead.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=bombadil.srs.infradead.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.b=osoHnbYW; arc=none smtp.client-ip=198.137.202.133 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=infradead.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=bombadil.srs.infradead.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.b="osoHnbYW" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version :References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description; bh=NRC5YCUWEPcYBeWZ/oFrfw+ZslBdzRy+OcEiJ7XGpZ8=; b=osoHnbYWlmBMVz+UIaEZFr0Jpj kagLDEQbVevkzUZgJfJGDIKpnGqfkayMQUnKsPYNcz+jSluHwldIfW7+UECw8uke4wbaYpN17fZwk xWTcwNiD9D0G8f0lD4Qx5dnXL7j7EIs2jH2plxH9nMPQp/7iJgz5AYzsJ5k2vNnVw7dkVstO6DKrq RRFnabJqdVEXVAUFL8P67RMqMDAQPlpF/IXvhwkZGH9gtKfeBj0VleknjdZRDYnjsZLXo4qLceclk ky77aQhc/WJdxra7DvorojxRMoj8CdMuNmo7NXm0VWBk6/sqpigcZvsMuhtKp2+hGd3kJ0Ff5hAMH Pw3O5UrQ==; Received: from hch by bombadil.infradead.org with local (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1vzwvA-00000009ZBv-3dBY; Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:14:48 +0000 Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 06:14:48 -0700 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Yafang Shao Cc: Christoph Hellwig , atomlin@atomlin.com, da.gomez@kernel.org, linux-modules@vger.kernel.org, mcgrof@kernel.org, petr.pavlu@suse.com, samitolvanen@google.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] module: print version for external modules in print_modules() Message-ID: References: <4215f061-488b-4c2b-98b3-45db4aabed5e@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-modules@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by bombadil.infradead.org. See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 09:11:48PM +0800, Yafang Shao wrote: > > > Could you please explain the rationale behind introducing > > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() and TAINT_OOT_MODULE ? > > > > Your straw man doesn't make any sense to me. > > This solution has been approved by all MODULE SUPPORT maintainers. Are > you on the maintainer list? > Please help keep our discussions polite. I don't know what your are trying to say. You brought up a totally unrelated strawman argument, and when I remind you of that you're arguing about politeness and maintainer files?