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Message-ID: <20200313233109.GV11244@42.do-not-panic.com>
Date:   Fri, 13 Mar 2020 23:31:09 +0000
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Cc:     NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jeff Vander Stoep <jeffv@...gle.com>,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, NeilBrown <neilb@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] docs: admin-guide: document the kernel.modprobe
 sysctl

On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 12:05:29PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> Let's just write instead:
> 
> 	For example, if userspace passes an unknown filesystem type to mount(),
> 	then the kernel will automatically request the corresponding filesystem
> 	module by executing this usermode helper.  This usermode helper should
> 	insert the needed module into the kernel.

Works with me.

  Luis

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