Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] module: Strict per-modname namespaces

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Sat May 17 2025 - 02:48:53 EST


On Wed, May 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 5/2/25 16:12, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > Implement means for exports to be available to an explicit list of named
> > modules. By explicitly limiting the usage of certain exports, the abuse
> > potential/risk is greatly reduced.
> >
> > Changes since v2:
> >
> > - switch to "module:" prefix (Masahiro)
> > - removed some patch noise (Masahiro)
> > - strstarts() and strlen() usage for prefixes (Masahiro)
> > - simpler ___EXPORT_SYMBOL() changes (Masahiro)
> >
> > Not making using of glob_match() / fnmatch(); this would result in more
> > complicated code for very little gain.
>
> @Masahiro, please let me know if you're still reviewing the modpost or
> other changes, or the series now looks good to you. I'd like to take it
> for v6.16-rc1.


The first patch was applied to linux-kbuild.

I think I can take it.

Peter did not use the common API for glob matching.
I will check this part.




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Masahiro Yamada