linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] binfmt_misc updates for 4.7+ merge window

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Date:	Wed, 27 Jul 2016 20:30:32 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	"containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
	<containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] binfmt_misc updates for 4.7+ merge window

On Wed, 2016-07-27 at 20:26 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 8:21 PM, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, 2016-07-27 at 20:12 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > 
> > > Did you actually try it.
> > yes.
> Well, in that case the script is buggy. It self-documents as having
> "--git-fallback" on by default, and I'm not seeing anybody claiming
> explicit maintenance of fs/binfmt_misc.c.
> 
> Al's match comes from a wildcard, not an exact one.

Nope, the script doesn't have a defect here.
It's documented what the script does with wildcards.

You _could_ argue that the file pattern specified
for VFS is inappropriate though,