linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] driver core: add devname module aliases to allow module on-demand auto-loading

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20100525153912.0ba10435.rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Date:	Tue, 25 May 2010 15:39:12 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>,
	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>,
	Alasdair G Kergon <agk@...hat.com>,
	Tigran Aivazian <tigran@...azian.fsnet.co.uk>,
	Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] driver core: add devname module aliases to allow
 module on-demand auto-loading

On Tue, 25 May 2010 15:16:38 -0700 Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:

> From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
> 
> This adds:
>   alias: devname:<name>
> to some common kernel modules, which will allow the on-demand loading
> of the kernel module when the device node is accessed.
> 
> Ideally all these modules would be compiled-in, but distros seems too
> much in love with their modularization that we need to cover the common
> cases with this new facility. It will allow us to remove a bunch of pretty
> useless init scripts and modprobes from init scripts.

[snip]


I have no objection to this patch or to it being merged.

I just note that this patch was posted to lkml on 2010-May-20.

If it causes any problems, it can easily be reverted.

I think that some (other, non-gregkh and non-davem) maintainers take far too long
to merge some patches.  Maybe it's just a merge window thing.


---
~Randy
*** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/