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SubjectRe: [RFC] add kobject to struct module
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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.
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