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=-1.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham 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 40145C43381 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:59:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 092EC2186A for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:59:36 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=joelfernandes.org header.i=@joelfernandes.org header.b="UvDkHkyB" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1732466AbfB1P7e (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Feb 2019 10:59:34 -0500 Received: from mail-lf1-f66.google.com ([209.85.167.66]:44671 "EHLO mail-lf1-f66.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1730843AbfB1P7d (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Feb 2019 10:59:33 -0500 Received: by mail-lf1-f66.google.com with SMTP id v185so4246422lfa.11 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2019 07:59:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=joelfernandes.org; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=/yG045AjHlQzHVMpQbAAWO93fhU+A+guAM3BdQM2REU=; b=UvDkHkyBKXzR+vNwnTgp6d1dKeArFVIDTiSvm0o+ynbR3Ot9Whia0CXvVOFxv8JTZj ni2AAtm4KeE7NJIZS2cl1+NDoTGqRlT8Lp1qUF+dOYPMYPlkITm+s9OHa/PZMdV6Q1Eo yZplS1A4NxRRlsCgL9ZAotfh501RCW1BMcGHM= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=/yG045AjHlQzHVMpQbAAWO93fhU+A+guAM3BdQM2REU=; b=Z2G+3QUskXC/tRefHPUmuWJqVCGs5PSH/ySHzIA2168mSQj6vmh9sxFAOJNEEzlTGc NUi/W2hlEcx5N3TzElyZA2ZKEw3eqAzmdAkW4snh5gZmsbR+Y54MMR+JNp3j4C0qsWpC D9xKS/hZRVS/ODfvwOE4n68td8J11a6IIakj61ipuPVj49LWCnMWkxIBQ2YSt2aQXBYi vN2TcGkpvj5vPaxjtbOs3JXpCN3CsGqqWik0DzO4tiiRp7JoDqtb8Y+GCvhqiOtjW3jv iscOkVybqBVkjnwFSCw/vHj++KLWwmlHOYBgkK7EZuX4J6N1ixg6wN4Hy5T28jYmo1hS ALgw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAU5zsIXo2+/LhF31jugmjtEVzh/2N6Edxbipkdu4glYAdyz+KtF yqqT1MWl65KsgkrPIABL6KuTbMtIiWwerbTE+tkfbg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqy8dwHBK38RCZWR3RQyf5zkFEA4bWHqaZ5cTaSdtbqCcr3pbQ75sXR8qJ5d5H7AMvUUltV+PZWS+9Ob9y9h7BE= X-Received: by 2002:a19:c48a:: with SMTP id u132mr146841lff.16.1551369570963; Thu, 28 Feb 2019 07:59:30 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20190227193748.132301-1-joel@joelfernandes.org> <20190228173444.54403795211d80ba540b61cb@kernel.org> <20190228150054.GB156098@google.com> <20190228153026.GG8481@kroah.com> <20190228153741.GA168373@google.com> <20190228154513.GA12050@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20190228154513.GA12050@kroah.com> From: Joel Fernandes Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 07:59:19 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] Provide in-kernel headers for making it easy to extend the kernel To: Greg KH Cc: Masami Hiramatsu , LKML , Andrew Morton , Alexei Starovoitov , atish patra , Daniel Colascione , Dan Williams , Guenter Roeck , Jonathan Corbet , Karim Yaghmour , Kees Cook , kernel-team , "open list:DOCUMENTATION" , linux-kselftest , linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org, Manoj Rao , Masahiro Yamada , "Paul E. McKenney" , "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" , Qais Yousef , Randy Dunlap , Steven Rostedt , Shuah Khan , Thomas Gleixner , Yonghong Song Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 7:45 AM Greg KH wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 10:37:41AM -0500, Joel Fernandes wrote: > > In any case, it is not practical to provide headers for every kernel version on > > the system image and maintain them, it will take up too much space and has to > > be periodically packaged. Not to mention that there will be kernel versions > > that are booting Android that simply don't have anyone maintaining headers > > for. So the proposed solution is an easier path. > > I totally agree with this, and with your proposed patches, just wanting > to clear up some potential anti-GPL-FUD before it got spread any further :) Sure, no problem, thanks :) - Joel