Re: [patch 4/4] Markers Support for Proprierary Modules

Mathieu Desnoyers
2008-03-20T12:30:29Z

* Rusty Russell (rusty@rustcorp.com.au) wrote:
> On Thursday 20 March 2008 11:27:41 Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> > There seems to be good arguments for markers to support proprierary
> > modules. So I am throwing this one-liner in and let's see how people react.
> > It only makes sure that a module that has been "forced" to be loaded won't
> > have its markers used. It is important to leave this check to make sure the
> > kernel does not crash by expecting the markers part of the struct module by
> > mistake in the case there is an incorrect checksum.
>
> OK, I've applied this to my tree. That means it will be in 2.6.26 unless you
> want me to push it earlier.
>
> Thanks,
> Rusty.

I think it's ok to wait for 2.6.26, since we are already very far in the
2.6.25 release process and it's more a "feature" than a "bugfix".

Thanks,

Mathieu

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