On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 04:05:10PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote: > This series fixes a bug where request_module() was reporting success to > kernel code when module autoloading had been completely disabled via > 'echo > /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe'. > > It also addresses the issues raised on the original thread > (https://lkml.kernel.org/lkml/20200310223731.126894-1-ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#u) > by documenting the modprobe sysctl, adding a self-test for the empty > path case, and downgrading a user-reachable WARN_ONCE(). > > Changed since v3: > - Added Fixes tag to the fs/filesystems.c patch, and mentioned why the > warning is continued to be printed once only. > > Changed since v2: > - Adjusted the new documentation to avoid implicitly bringing up > module aliases, which are a more complex topic. > - Split the selftest patch into two patches, one to fix the test > numbering bug and one to add the new tests. > > Changed since v1: > - Added patches to address the other issues raised on the thread. It seems that people are relatively happy with this patch series now. Andrew, will you be taking it through -mm? I don't see any better place. Thanks, - Eric
