Re: [PATCH] Delegate unknown module parameters to interestedparties

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Wed Nov 10 2010 - 08:56:14 EST


On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 16:21 +1030, Rusty Russell wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 01:09:21 am Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > [ Added Rusty "Module God" Russell ]
>
> And I also wrote the parameter parsing code, so sending to me is probably
> a good idea.
>
> So, what's this for? You want trace= as a standard module parameter

Yep, this way we could even enable tracepoints that are in the init
section.

> or something? If this is a once-off I'd prefer a custom hack I think.
> If you can think of other users, this might be a good idea; though don't
> use "void *data" use an explicit struct module *...

If I wrote the code, it would have been a once-off custom hack. But,
personally, I like the generic addition. Perhaps others will hook into
it without fear of having to hack the module code, which can be quite
intimidating to some.

I also agree to not use the void *data.

-- Steve


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