From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@gmail.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
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()
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 06:43:01 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <abAf5ZtiQGFoOQvT@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALOAHbCmxa0ptYTcq1EjRKMrzvFHCyyrv8CeEDYOhuuo7-QbOw@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 09:35:23PM +0800, Yafang Shao wrote:
> > Why would that matter? You don't get a wild card to do things otherwise
> > rejected because you contributed something before.
>
> Could you please explain why I am being characterized as a "leecher"?
Because you're adding overhead to the kernel for your out of tree code,
which only you and not the kernel project itself benefits from.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-10 13:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-10 2:38 [PATCH v3] module: print version for external modules in print_modules() Yafang Shao
2026-03-10 6:31 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-10 13:04 ` Yafang Shao
2026-03-10 13:07 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-10 13:11 ` Yafang Shao
2026-03-10 13:14 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-10 13:19 ` Yafang Shao
2026-03-10 13:21 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-10 13:30 ` Yafang Shao
2026-03-10 13:33 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-10 13:35 ` Yafang Shao
2026-03-10 13:43 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2026-03-10 13:44 ` Yafang Shao
2026-03-10 13:47 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-10 13:49 ` Yafang Shao
2026-03-11 22:44 ` Sami Tolvanen
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