Re: [PATCH v8 1/3] modules: Support extended MODVERSIONS info

2024-11-07 Thread Matthew Maurer
Adding Lucas DeMarchi to the thread after voicing an interest in the modpost patch. On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 12:49 AM Luis Chamberlain wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 10:06:12PM -0700, Matthew Maurer wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 9:37 PM Luis Chamberlain wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 31,

Re: [PATCH v8 1/3] modules: Support extended MODVERSIONS info

2024-10-31 Thread Luis Chamberlain
On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 10:06:12PM -0700, Matthew Maurer wrote: > On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 9:37 PM Luis Chamberlain wrote: > > > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 12:22:36PM +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote: > > > Matthew Maurer writes: > > > > Adds a new format for MODVERSIONS which stores each field in a s

Re: [PATCH v8 1/3] modules: Support extended MODVERSIONS info

2024-10-30 Thread Matthew Maurer
On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 9:37 PM Luis Chamberlain wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 12:22:36PM +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote: > > Matthew Maurer writes: > > > Adds a new format for MODVERSIONS which stores each field in a separate > > > ELF section. This initially adds support for variable length

Re: [PATCH v8 1/3] modules: Support extended MODVERSIONS info

2024-10-30 Thread Luis Chamberlain
On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 12:22:36PM +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote: > Matthew Maurer writes: > > Adds a new format for MODVERSIONS which stores each field in a separate > > ELF section. This initially adds support for variable length names, but > > could later be used to add additional fields to MOD

Re: [PATCH v8 1/3] modules: Support extended MODVERSIONS info

2024-10-30 Thread Michael Ellerman
Matthew Maurer writes: > Adds a new format for MODVERSIONS which stores each field in a separate > ELF section. This initially adds support for variable length names, but > could later be used to add additional fields to MODVERSIONS in a > backwards compatible way if needed. Any new fields will be

[PATCH v8 1/3] modules: Support extended MODVERSIONS info

2024-10-30 Thread Matthew Maurer
Adds a new format for MODVERSIONS which stores each field in a separate ELF section. This initially adds support for variable length names, but could later be used to add additional fields to MODVERSIONS in a backwards compatible way if needed. Any new fields will be ignored by old user tooling, un