Re: [PATCH v9 13/14] module: Move kdb_modules list out of core code

From: Daniel Thompson
Date: Fri Mar 04 2022 - 06:54:54 EST


On Fri, Mar 04, 2022 at 11:12:07AM +0000, Aaron Tomlin wrote:
> On Thu 2022-03-03 05:37 -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 02, 2022 at 08:56:23PM +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> > > Do we really want to hide the 'struct list_head modules' from external
> > > world ?
> > >
> > > Otherwise we could declare it in include/linux/module.h ?
> > I'd just move the trivial code that uses it from kernel/kdb/ to
> > kernel/module/ as it is tied to module internals and just uses the
> > KDB interfaces exposed to other parts of the kernel.
>
> Hi Christoph,
>
> This is a great idea. I'll do this instead.

Adding this as a new file is fine for me.

There were proposed changes to this function this kernel cycle
(CONFIG_ARCH_WANTS_MODULES_DATA_IN_VMALLOC) which I Acked already.
However it looks like all involved with that are already particpating
in this thread so I assume an merge issues with that are already in
hand.

Aaron: Are you OK to add the new kdb file to the "KGDB / KDB
/debug_core" file list in MAINTAINERS? Mostly I'd expect to just
Ack changes and move on... but I'd like to be in the loop.


Daniel.