Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | Rusty Russell <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] add kobject to struct module | Date | Thu, 11 Sep 2003 12:04:35 +1000 |
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In message <20030911003247.V30046@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> you write: > On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 03:24:21PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > A while ago we had talked about adding a kobject to struct module. By > > doing this we add support for module paramaters and other module info to > > be exported in sysfs. So here's a patch that does this that is against > > 2.6.0-test4 (it applies with some fuzz, sorry.) > > Please excuse my short-sightedness, but I think the following points > haven't been thought deeply enough:
Well, obviously not publically enough, at least 8(.
To clarify: this is for new-style module params, which explicitly control their own visibility with the perm arg.
One more reason for module authors to switch 8)
Hope that helps, Rusty. -- Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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