Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] Provide in-kernel headers for making it easy to extend the kernel
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- Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] Provide in-kernel headers for making it easy to extend the kernel
- From: Joel Fernandes <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 07:59:19 -0800
- Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>, LKML <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>, atish patra <atishp04@xxxxxxxxx>, Daniel Colascione <dancol@xxxxxxxxxx>, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>, Guenter Roeck <groeck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>, Karim Yaghmour <karim.yaghmour@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, kernel-team <kernel-team@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kselftest <linux-kselftest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-trace-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Manoj Rao <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@xxxxxxx>, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Shuah Khan <shuah@xxxxxxxxxx>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Yonghong Song <yhs@xxxxxx>
- In-reply-to: <20190228154513.GA12050@kroah.com>
- 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>
On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 7:45 AM Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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
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