Re: [PATCH] oid_registry: allow arbitrary size OIDs

From: David Howells
Date: Tue Nov 25 2025 - 15:35:28 EST


Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> How big a problem is this in shipped kernels? Should we backport it?

Not really much of a problem. The OIDs that get compiled are all listed in
include/linux/oid_registry.h. External forces can't add new ones dynamically.

David