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 B84D738D6A5 for ; Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:47:25 +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=1773150446; cv=none; b=uGrByiajLpUBKaxMH0k2gbdPYRqtnxy59XYT4PpO2YaTJFjwA/jyJMLsqZbNkN8A4w4axpQS7MoLE2z4gzBBJb35x5OR/MMkL+Gozga8NnY8zJdJmVoPBmjZgviwY4sLokVPhPMkgaI6ZgMAaKyw0ABs26PKj/wdDC/U36I8+Ko= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1773150446; c=relaxed/simple; bh=1xrgyhnoPeWpQlJ3XfS+PaK67HHhvy64N+FepmYUwaI=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=N6eRdTgGwCk0iT1WZqKAEGbzTVW6uxVbpYftfdur3NoAmZ/W1eNHEqtRT7U7NL+zhDeQUtDokTppmU41bPVcqO4gBDLJ4on/DfW87b3/Kyl/EV8nVQ7/lEOibLHGMFST7W1bbfccEMmUa3AZJY75jGs+LdCbz6T0YjZy3Mqc1tw= 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=1tjztiL/; 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="1tjztiL/" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding :Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date: Sender:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description; bh=b3YJMvH/gbG0VTYghOtySntLrY1eKOBJat/84P+wphM=; b=1tjztiL/CBq1l8FCALfCKIGNKb ZEM/VWzGdles13yCsGop0lCY+rqnMPr5HN8BL7DgoYj/zr3WZ7GVP9QJkvFkzYiyVQ4Fi+HhH75ph daYV0d9TSuzkHvsW2p1Q57uh4+B36tiUWrdLJE6FbpS4yrDNswSdnkhE+Vlw+tKMsFFf0XoJk8MO2 OsMjDE48IpdNWcf+oiOFHjSlndJgb560tPRCNdcwhyX2cj0jzMHKV5mnmzeNFF9lsQRFX4NOWkHEu 6b+Fav1XHs4Ci4FK9z+CZuxJ2jxuHOw0KNghSPf8vmRMi0q5dHvDqF3+xEfEnzltf5kVnUuOzvEBx mxeaoDRw==; Received: from hch by bombadil.infradead.org with local (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1vzxQj-00000009d4t-0NTt; Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:47:25 +0000 Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 06:47:25 -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: 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=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 09:44:56PM +0800, Yafang Shao wrote: > On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 9:43 PM Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > > 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. > > Why do you believe the kernel project cannot benefit from them, given > that all module maintainers have acknowledged their value? Because by definition it does not benefit from making life for out of tree modules easier. And I really don't get your whole call to authority here, it makes hard for me to take you serious.