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=-2.0 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, 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 09318C3A5A9 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2019 06:50:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3ACB22CF5 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2019 06:50:23 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.b="m89abydh" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728759AbfIDGuW (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Sep 2019 02:50:22 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.133]:48448 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725267AbfIDGuW (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Sep 2019 02:50:22 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=bombadil.20170209; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version :References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=SSDyoF1tdrcOZz+6up0yqcnQw7uwk6EJ2fNkkSXZVNA=; b=m89abydh10d6Emc94UXol8Fjx qt84+LQ4oJ43cptYc5XQpaTA74Q3PS1JVKdRkO999cF7R50xPvhIibzJi3XUgC+neL+iERjoMroaF RVLhxIOJBL/ka/8b3eHDkT2bnVnwl5RHdFoOVz5OfzmmhT9wqI+zsSgI4xFlOfoqFjsF/RdK06ut/ rZ4djzvhhE455jaHYPxutSzzjvkfaIewZL7xygT6ZlSTP9JwUJNol9QNzGD5jEdQ8cCzOrB7WYjPN jupWD7kUDlP/Fk85PlA4OOqj1h8tA2ylJOA6geIc0cQMFjlogCLvTDeChMtYWMXCdpHRKB5k437mw 4iaxUSzlQ==; Received: from hch by bombadil.infradead.org with local (Exim 4.92 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1i5P7N-0005w2-MZ; Wed, 04 Sep 2019 06:50:13 +0000 Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2019 23:50:13 -0700 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Mike Travis Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , "H. Peter Anvin" , Andrew Morton , Borislav Petkov , Dimitri Sivanich , Russ Anderson , Hedi Berriche , Steve Wahl , x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] x86/platform/uv: Return UV Hubless System Type Message-ID: <20190904065013.GA18003@infradead.org> References: <20190903001815.504418099@stormcage.eag.rdlabs.hpecorp.net> <20190903001815.893030884@stormcage.eag.rdlabs.hpecorp.net> <20190903064914.GA9914@infradead.org> <0eee6d96-e4fc-763b-a8b9-52c85ddd5531@hpe.com> <20190903154109.GB2791@infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.4 (2019-03-13) X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by bombadil.infradead.org. See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Sep 03, 2019 at 11:49:53AM -0700, Mike Travis wrote: > > That is always being considered for everything we include into the community > kernel source. The problem is a couple of the kernel modules (hwperf being > the prime example) is much more tied to hardware and BIOS/FW updates so has > to be updated much more often than the current submittal/acceptance process > allows. We do opensource these modules but they are built from single > source directories and have to be released as a module into a package that > can be installed on different distros. There is not a source version for > each kernel version. Well, tought luck then. We do not support interface for out of tree modules only. I actually found a few in uv and will send patches to drop that dead weight. > I have seen this method (declare the function with a leading underscore and > a #define for the function reference) which is why I'm assuming it's a > standard kernel practice? (I'll find some examples if necessary?) No, it isn't.