linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 10/10] kmod: add a sanity check on module loading

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Date:   Fri, 09 Dec 2016 21:03:44 +0100
From:   Martin Wilck <mwilck@...e.com>
To:     "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>, shuah@...nel.org,
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Subject: Re: [RFC 10/10] kmod: add a sanity check on module loading

On Thu, 2016-12-08 at 11:49 -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> 
> Although this does get us in the business of keeping alias maps in
> kernel, the the work to support and maintain this is trivial.

You've implemented a special treatment for request_module("fs-$X")in
finished_kmod_load(), but there are many more aliases defined (and
used) in the kernel. Do you plan to implement special code for "char-
major-$X", "crypto-$X", "binfmt-$X" etc. later? 

Regards
Martin

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