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From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...>

To: Andi Kleen <ak@...>

Cc: <netdev@...>, <linux-kernel@...>, <sam@...>, <rusty@...>

Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and intro.

Date: Thursday, November 22, 2007 - 8:01 am

Em Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 03:43:06AM +0100, Andi Kleen escreveu:
quoted text> 
> There seems to be rough consensus that the kernel currently has too many 
> exported symbols. A lot of these exports are generally usable utility 
> functions or important driver interfaces; but another large part are functions
> intended by only one or two very specific modules for a very specific purpose.
> One example is the TCP code. It has most of its internals exported, but 
> only for use by tcp_ipv6.c (and now a few more by the TCP/IP congestion modules) 
> But it doesn't make sense to include these exported for a specific module
> functions into a broader "kernel interface".   External modules assume
> they can use these functions, but they were never intended for that.

Thank you for doing this.

Creating the DCCP and its congestion control infrastructure (CCID)
module namespaces is now on my TODO list. :-)

- Arnaldo
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[PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and int..., Andi Kleen, (Wed Nov 21, 10:43 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Arnd Bergmann, (Thu Nov 29, 5:55 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Thu Nov 29, 6:00 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Arnd Bergmann, (Thu Nov 29, 6:21 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Roland Dreier, (Sun Nov 25, 4:27 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rusty Russell, (Sun Nov 25, 9:28 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Stephen Hemminger, (Mon Nov 26, 2:25 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Arjan van de Ven, (Thu Nov 29, 12:53 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rusty Russell, (Thu Nov 29, 10:18 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Dave Jones, (Tue Nov 27, 3:00 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Adrian Bunk, (Tue Nov 27, 5:09 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., , (Tue Nov 27, 7:00 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Dave Jones, (Tue Nov 27, 5:25 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rick Jones, (Tue Nov 27, 5:15 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Adrian Bunk, (Tue Nov 27, 5:38 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rick Jones, (Tue Nov 27, 10:01 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Roland Dreier, (Mon Nov 26, 6:18 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Roland Dreier, (Mon Nov 26, 2:15 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rusty Russell, (Tue Nov 27, 12:49 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Jon Masters, (Tue Nov 27, 6:31 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Tue Nov 27, 6:37 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Stephen Hemminger, (Tue Nov 27, 7:00 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Tue Nov 27, 7:06 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Adrian Bunk, (Wed Nov 28, 12:48 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Wed Nov 28, 1:31 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Jonathan Corbet, (Tue Nov 27, 11:43 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Christoph Hellwig, (Tue Nov 27, 12:33 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Tue Nov 27, 11:58 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Tom Tucker, (Tue Nov 27, 1:35 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rusty Russell, (Tue Nov 27, 9:27 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Tom Tucker, (Wed Nov 28, 12:12 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Adrian Bunk, (Tue Nov 27, 1:15 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Tom Tucker, (Tue Nov 27, 1:45 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Adrian Bunk, (Tue Nov 27, 2:59 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Tue Nov 27, 5:02 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Adrian Bunk, (Tue Nov 27, 1:24 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, (Thu Nov 22, 8:01 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Thu Nov 22, 2:17 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Christoph Hellwig, (Thu Nov 22, 7:06 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Thu Nov 22, 7:54 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Christoph Hellwig, (Thu Nov 22, 8:03 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rusty Russell, (Wed Nov 21, 11:56 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Thu Nov 22, 7:46 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rusty Russell, (Thu Nov 22, 8:29 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Roland Dreier, (Sun Nov 25, 4:29 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rusty Russell, (Sun Nov 25, 9:25 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Roland Dreier, (Mon Nov 26, 1:58 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rusty Russell, (Tue Nov 27, 12:26 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Tue Nov 27, 6:50 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rusty Russell, (Tue Nov 27, 9:34 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Herbert Xu, (Tue Nov 27, 9:58 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Tue Nov 27, 10:12 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., , (Tue Nov 27, 4:02 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Herbert Xu, (Tue Nov 27, 10:36 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Christoph Hellwig, (Thu Nov 22, 7:05 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rusty Russell, (Thu Nov 22, 8:25 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Thu Nov 22, 9:36 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rusty Russell, (Thu Nov 22, 11:35 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Fri Nov 23, 3:53 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rusty Russell, (Sat Nov 24, 12:53 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Sat Nov 24, 8:39 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Rusty Russell, (Sun Nov 25, 9:23 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Dave Young, (Thu Nov 22, 4:41 am)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Thu Nov 22, 2:19 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Dave Young, (Thu Nov 22, 10:06 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Dave Jones, (Wed Nov 21, 11:52 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Arjan van de Ven, (Wed Nov 21, 11:03 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and..., Andi Kleen, (Wed Nov 21, 11:37 pm)

[PATCH RFC] [7/9] Convert TCP exports into namespaces, Andi Kleen, (Wed Nov 21, 10:43 pm)

[PATCH RFC] [8/9] Put UDP exports into a namespace, Andi Kleen, (Wed Nov 21, 10:43 pm)

[PATCH RFC] [9/9] Add a inet namespace, Andi Kleen, (Wed Nov 21, 10:43 pm)

[PATCH RFC] [6/9] Implement namespace checking in modpost, Andi Kleen, (Wed Nov 21, 10:43 pm)

[PATCH RFC] [4/9] modpost: Fix format string warnings, Andi Kleen, (Wed Nov 21, 10:43 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [4/9] modpost: Fix format string warnings, Sam Ravnborg, (Mon Dec 10, 2:50 pm)

[PATCH RFC] [5/9] modpost: Fix a buffer overflow in modpost, Andi Kleen, (Wed Nov 21, 10:43 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [5/9] modpost: Fix a buffer overflow in modp..., Sam Ravnborg, (Mon Dec 10, 3:32 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [5/9] modpost: Fix a buffer overflow in modp..., Andi Kleen, (Mon Dec 10, 3:57 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [5/9] modpost: Fix a buffer overflow in modp..., Sam Ravnborg, (Mon Dec 10, 4:07 pm)

[PATCH RFC] [3/9] modpost: Declare the modpost error functio..., Andi Kleen, (Wed Nov 21, 10:43 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [3/9] modpost: Declare the modpost error fun..., Sam Ravnborg, (Mon Dec 10, 2:50 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [3/9] modpost: Declare the modpost error fun..., Rusty Russell, (Tue Dec 11, 9:37 pm)

Re: [PATCH RFC] [3/9] modpost: Declare the modpost error fun..., Andi Kleen, (Mon Dec 10, 2:58 pm)

[PATCH RFC] [2/9] Fix duplicate symbol check to also check f..., Andi Kleen, (Wed Nov 21, 10:43 pm)

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