Re: [PATCH v6 02/15] module: Introduce ksys_finit_module()

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To: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 02/15] module: Introduce ksys_finit_module()
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:14:02 +0100
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On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 11:49:09AM +0100, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Introduce ksys_finit_module() to let kernel components request a kernel
> module without requiring running modprobe.

That does sound more than sketchy, even more so because the commit log
completely fails to explain why you'd need to do that.

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