From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B54DCC43603 for ; Wed, 4 Dec 2019 13:48:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9295820675 for ; Wed, 4 Dec 2019 13:48:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727995AbfLDNsx (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Dec 2019 08:48:53 -0500 Received: from mout.kundenserver.de ([212.227.17.10]:57053 "EHLO mout.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727792AbfLDNsx (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Dec 2019 08:48:53 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.155] ([77.9.37.28]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue107 [212.227.15.183]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MMFdY-1iJKH617Ti-00JHVh; Wed, 04 Dec 2019 14:48:42 +0100 Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Enlist running kernel modules information To: Bhaskar Chowdhury , Masahiro Yamada , Michal Marek , Randy Dunlap , Linux Kbuild mailing list , Linux Kernel Mailing List References: <20191203094845.610692-1-unixbhaskar@gmail.com> <20191204041543.GA1086470@ArchLinux> From: "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" Message-ID: <6ff74f67-11d3-d16f-8aeb-828c01455961@metux.net> Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2019 14:48:16 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686 on x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20191204041543.GA1086470@ArchLinux> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Language: tl Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:rQIVarqS/mfesrZjkt5lAqLbU6vFNbEJjc6FQ1P0T6hgR7f1DFX d4kEALAgNCfgQd6BFYGXiVR+sTCv/aHdCGLYYaJSiUIX9QnZQwPl0o7Ora0p4SQQIFNItnV NRxNyPbQagCuBpVyBNFKEZ3wd1UNQiTxODAK0I2QDNL+Tu90jZQo2f8PzXfShJD0+2m0nRt cHwne+onFShMYgZRg11bg== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:lo7bEjXTHo4=:B9dgbOwiewS8hx95KrTyF+ 2Y1jf2Xid7R4lj571gmGCgWYYpytxErGrVeDj48tq5m/mP+AuL7Ne9ktj5bQPfp1/vy4A00kY tVPZ6KyQGGYvV7gMXRd8FDP8Hs0RsLlmPU8EaGU02nvD/6QNolWdoj6jLrLteO0fKYRDiTFFQ u3rNRKgkkzamQ65mOiYJ3koFZ2ErJ4QpcQxPHlWvIbxg9r6Fx6eVNES9tQwY60rWjFIYAnSv2 /BPGSkKE67eRcHw0as8KoFQAEFIhsmxVcxYLaotsmjS8VbbG+zmu9t0AzhTdeMqZm/bEZmqni UQfxGaIF4v1iBFPWrGvHDjhuCTzwmDJ2tzF3xnoT6LDM3bcuIt/kBr55wnrvOU36on2NM+xaC 98BlnebnxPGPDAS91o43XAwtg9zQVZLXDMl8PlbuCsXpDKPlxnhlZzvw0pKjqOxPUI4VNyaaA xuLfmgh9Vd/Pk+rJ3eMTJ4rx5zBafLErEZYupbuqxHn5QBpy2mI5/e37HiaMY0CpD4oY2wM/e ZkRWP7cNpDJuKc7i75NFR+ZMN//lJqFySxCeIUvekjfeVSzQ4Vu61hxYsAIvh0nT3Ae5+ui5f Lx4usy2dk64E6a56fk6dJ4Ew1sG6tMFwHl0Hv+yScZi9sbic7SHIDyDfy2GeLU0tBPO+o2Z28 6L1VOTX6WMJa5Mvndp6c12N9Na/Vst5iMgdEgh8ojF5EmeqtQRYciAzx+EjoKfi+khcwmwSF0 fyf/YrbJH8kF1rTssMTTFbLv53HG/LMk5Xe4tST2Axug1i0X/AeGTuGQXU1zjD5P5RcOzoBYI JYavRk8XkmZ8Owp9a8LnpYTAfSRKakWBtRHnrEjhjIKyCsTiGfLsNhO+yEpEfHEOUuRtc0VFz WyJgShqW/pK8lo0xHOUQ== Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 04.12.19 05:22, Bhaskar Chowdhury wrote: Hi, > I think the usefulness comes from developers wants to see what are the > modules are using by the running kernel in formatted way. > This is very simple way to enlist all the modules with descriptions of > it.So , they can easily parse it with other scripts. IMHO, this is a good thing to have. I can even imagine it shipped by distros, for better bug reports. OTOH, if it's about the currently running kernel and loaded modules, why not putting this into /proc or /sys ? --mtx -- Dringender Hinweis: aufgrund existenzieller Bedrohung durch "Emotet" sollten Sie *niemals* MS-Office-Dokumente via E-Mail annehmen/öffenen, selbst wenn diese von vermeintlich vertrauenswürdigen Absendern zu stammen scheinen. Andernfalls droht Totalschaden. --- Hinweis: unverschlüsselte E-Mails können leicht abgehört und manipuliert werden ! Für eine vertrauliche Kommunikation senden Sie bitte ihren GPG/PGP-Schlüssel zu. --- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult Free software and Linux embedded engineering info@metux.net -- +49-151-27565287