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Date:   Sat, 19 Jan 2019 09:26:04 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] Provide in-kernel headers for making it easy to extend the
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On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 05:55:43PM -0500, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> --- a/init/Kconfig
> +++ b/init/Kconfig
> @@ -549,6 +549,16 @@ config IKCONFIG_PROC
>  	  This option enables access to the kernel configuration file
>  	  through /proc/config.gz.
>  
> +config IKHEADERS_PROC
> +	tristate "Enable kernel header artifacts through /proc/kheaders.tgz"
> +	select BUILD_BIN2C
> +	depends on PROC_FS
> +	help
> +	  This option enables access to the kernel header and other artifacts that
> +          are generated during the build process. These can be used to build kernel
> +          modules, and other in-kernel programs such as those generated by eBPF
> +          and systemtap tools.
> +

Minor nit, say what the module name here is if you pick the option as a
module?

thanks,

greg k-h