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From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
To: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
	Jon Masters <jcm@redhat.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] modules: sysfs - export: taint, address, size
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:40:10 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F0B348A.3070708@xenotime.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPXgP12rUUYfRy6QB5Z4Rwdday3hNHubCsSRY4gMDYuQGs3oJg@mail.gmail.com>

On 01/09/2012 04:44 AM, Kay Sievers wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 08:27, Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> wrote:
>> On Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:44:36 +0100, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> wrote:
> 
>>> Recent tools do not use /proc to retrieve module information. A few values
>>> are currently missing from sysfs.
>>
>> Well, strace says lsmod still does.  Is libkmod doing something
>> different?
> 
> Yes, kmod used /sys only.
> 
> There is current code to read the size, to provide the 'lsmod' output,
> but that will be removed.
> 
>> Should we be deprecating /proc/modules?
> 
> In the longer run, yes.

Deprecate it for udev?  OK.
what about other users of it?

> We still aim for leaving everything that isn't process- or
> namespace-related (which, with some stretch is always process-related)
> alone, and use /sys for it.


-- 
~Randy
*** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***

  reply	other threads:[~2012-01-09 17:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-01-07 15:44 [PATCH] modules: sysfs - export: taint, address, size Kay Sievers
2012-01-09  7:27 ` Rusty Russell
2012-01-09 12:44   ` Kay Sievers
2012-01-09 18:40     ` Randy Dunlap [this message]
2012-01-09 22:44     ` Rusty Russell
2012-01-10 16:47       ` Kay Sievers
2012-01-10 23:54         ` Rusty Russell
2012-01-11  1:56           ` Lucas De Marchi
2012-01-09 15:52 ` Nick Bowler
2012-01-09 23:07 ` Greg KH

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