Re: [GIT PULL] sysctl changes for v6.11-rc1

[Linus Torvalds]

On Tue, 6 Aug 2024 at 11:57, Solar Designer <solar@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> As (I assume it was) expected, these changes broke out-of-tree modules.

It was presumably not expected - but for the simple reason that no
kernel developer should spend one single second worrying about
out-of-tree modules.

It's simply not a concern - never has been, and never will be.

Now, if some out-of-tree module is on the cusp of being integrated,
and is out-of-tree just because it's not quite ready yet, that would
maybe be then a case of "hey, wait a second".

But no. We are not going to start any kind of feature test macros for
external modules in general.

                 Linus