On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 9:14 PM Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 09:11:48PM +0800, Yafang Shao wrote: > > > > Could you please explain the rationale behind introducing > > > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() and TAINT_OOT_MODULE ? > > > > > > Your straw man doesn't make any sense to me. > > > > This solution has been approved by all MODULE SUPPORT maintainers. Are > > you on the maintainer list? > > Please help keep our discussions polite. > > I don't know what your are trying to say. You brought up a totally > unrelated strawman argument, and when I remind you of that you're > arguing about politeness and maintainer files?
To reiterate a point that may have been overlooked: Given that the Linux kernel officially supports out-of-tree modules, we should aim to support them where reasonable. My change is generic and improves the core code without being tied to any specific external module. -- Regards Yafang
