linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] tty: Add comments for tty-ldisc module loading logic

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Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 22:58:45 +0800
From: quic_zijuhu <quic_zijuhu@...cinc.com>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC: <jirislaby@...nel.org>, <quic_qiancai@...cinc.com>,
        <quic_arandive@...cinc.com>, <quic_saipraka@...cinc.com>,
        <quic_vnivarth@...cinc.com>, <quic_eberman@...cinc.com>,
        <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] tty: Add comments for tty-ldisc module loading logic

On 12/15/2023 10:12 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 09:41:30PM +0800, Zijun Hu wrote:
>> Current tty-ldisc module loading logic within tty_ldisc_get()
>> is prone to mislead beginner that the module is able to be loaded
>> by a user without capability CAP_SYS_MODULE, add comments to make
>> the logic easy to undertand.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Zijun Hu <quic_zijuhu@...cinc.com>
>> ---
>> Changes in v2:
>> - Remove condition checking changes
> 
> As I asked for before, please get other, more experienced developers,
> from your company, to review and sign-off on this patch before sending
> it out again.  I can't take this as-is, sorry.
> 
okay
> greg k-h