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Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:14:56 +0000 From: Johannes Thumshirn To: Sergei Shtepa , "axboe@kernel.dk" , "viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk" , "hch@infradead.org" , "darrick.wong@oracle.com" , "linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org" , "rjw@rjwysocki.net" , "len.brown@intel.com" , "pavel@ucw.cz" , "akpm@linux-foundation.org" , "ming.lei@redhat.com" , "jack@suse.cz" , "tj@kernel.org" , "gustavo@embeddedor.com" , "bvanassche@acm.org" , "osandov@fb.com" , "koct9i@gmail.com" , Damien Le Moal , "steve@sk2.org" , "linux-block@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-pm@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-mm@kvack.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Block layer filter - second version Thread-Topic: [PATCH 1/2] Block layer filter - second version Thread-Index: AQHWp4k5CXnJGcQARUyusr8QOJA1cg== Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:14:56 +0000 Message-ID: References: <1603271049-20681-1-git-send-email-sergei.shtepa@veeam.com> <1603271049-20681-2-git-send-email-sergei.shtepa@veeam.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: authentication-results: veeam.com; 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This allows them to implement=0A= =0A= The "third-party kernel modules" part sounds a bit worrisome to me. Especia= lly=0A= as this functionality is based on EXPORT_SYMBOL()s without the GPL suffix.= =0A= =0A= I read it as a "allow a proprietary module to mess with bios", which is a b= ig =0A= no-no to me.=0A= =0A= Not providing any sort of changelog doesn't help much either.=0A= =0A= Thanks,=0A= Johannes=0A=