From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266100AbUBCUrA (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Feb 2004 15:47:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266129AbUBCUrA (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Feb 2004 15:47:00 -0500 Received: from wblv-254-118.telkomadsl.co.za ([165.165.254.118]:21640 "EHLO gateway.lan") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266100AbUBCUq6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Feb 2004 15:46:58 -0500 Subject: Re: module-init-tools/udev and module auto-loading From: Martin Schlemmer Reply-To: Martin Schlemmer To: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk Cc: Rusty Russell , Greg KH , Linux Kernel Mailing Lists In-Reply-To: <20040203193351.GY21151@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <20040203010224.4CF742C261@lists.samba.org> <1075830486.7473.32.camel@nosferatu.lan> <20040203193351.GY21151@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-wTwa3b/5nZp1mLbVbQi0" Message-Id: <1075841233.7473.54.camel@nosferatu.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 22:47:13 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-wTwa3b/5nZp1mLbVbQi0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 21:33, viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote: > On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 07:48:06PM +0200, Martin Schlemmer wrote: > > > > I guess there will be cries of murder if 'somebody' suggested that = if > > > > a node in /dev is opened, but not there, the kernel can call > > > > 'modprobe -q /dev/foo' to load whatever alias there might have been= ? >=20 > Vetoed. _Especially_ when you are checking that on "pathname prefix" > level - namei.c is not a place for such special-casing. >=20 Well, I do not scratch around in there in general. I guess the question is: 1) This this idea is Ok to make it (not patch or where it is, but the idea in general. 2) If yes to 1), any suggested place I should have a look at? Thanks, --=20 Martin Schlemmer --=-wTwa3b/5nZp1mLbVbQi0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBAIAjRqburzKaJYLYRAk0XAJ9vhTmdun7SPwBaBQp/qoght1DhVACglONM 2AclocufwuukHSnvH4OuA1A= =fLk5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-wTwa3b/5nZp1mLbVbQi0--