Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] Decouple ftrace/livepatch from module loader via notifier priority and reverse traversal

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 04:01:40PM +0800, chensong_2000@xxxxxx wrote:
> From: Song Chen <chensong_2000@xxxxxx>
> 
> This patchset addresses a long-standing tight coupling between the
> module loader and two of its key consumers: ftrace and livepatch.
> 
> Background:
> 
> The module loader currently hard-codes direct calls to
> ftrace_module_enable(), klp_module_coming(), klp_module_going() and
> ftrace_release_mod() inside prepare_coming_module() and the module
> unload path.

And that is bad why?

>  13 files changed, 290 insertions(+), 74 deletions(-)

This is a lot of new complex code touching a lot of places for no obvious
gain.  What is the reason for this series?  Does it prepare for something
else?