Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/8] module: Strict per-modname namespaces

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Tue Nov 12 2024 - 14:53:25 EST


On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 09:56:20AM -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:

> This likely needs to be addressed in whatever chunk of code is enforcing the
> namespaces. The s/-/_ behavior (and vice versa!) is *very* baked into the kernel
> at this point, e.g. parameqn() will happily parse dashes or underscores for every
> kernel parameter. As horrific as it is, I think the module namespace needs to do
> the same, i.e. treat dashes and underscores as one and the same.

Right, I'll add a s/-/_/g on both ends of the strcmp or somesuch.