Re: [PATCH v3] module: print version for external modules in print_modules()

[Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>]

On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 09:30:06PM +0800, Yafang Shao wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 9:21 PM Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 09:19:22PM +0800, Yafang Shao wrote:
> > > Given that the Linux kernel officially supports out-of-tree modules,
> >
> > It does not officially support them as a first class entity.
> 
> But out-of-tree modules are still a supported entity by the Linux
> kernel, correct?

They are not supported, and any support request that includes them is
typically rejected.

> > It adds overhead
> 
> Could you please explain what overhead this might introduce?

It adds code that needs to be maintained and which is built into every
kernel.

> 
> >  to the kernel just for leechers like you that don't
> > actually contibute their code upstream.  That's always a bad idea.
> 
> I am not the GPU vendor, so I am unable to upstream the relevant code myself.

Well, that's not the kernels problem.

> By the way, here is a record of my contributions to the Linux kernel
> over the past few years:

Why would that matter?  You don't get a wild card to do things otherwise
rejected because you contributed something before.