Re: [patch 03/10] Allow userspace applications to use marker.h to parse the markers section in the kernel binary.

Alan Cox
2007-06-23T09:19:58Z

O> > Out of curiosity, what is the kernel infrastructure you believe I should
> > be using to get a list of all available markers in a kernel? Note that
> > I also have a requirement to get a list of all available markers in a
> > kernel that isn't the currently running one.
>
> None. Modules using markers should ship with the kernel or be written
> on deman and not beeing created by some unreliable parser.

And what do you think should happen in the real world instead of
Christoph fantasy land ?

Getting the marker exports right is what is needed to avoid having an
unreliable parser and ending up with a reliable one.

Or would you rather someone loaded a JVM into kernel space so it was
"shipped with the kernel"

Alan