The patch titled block: request_module(): use format string has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is block-request_module-use-format-string.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: block: request_module(): use format string From: maximilian attems <max@xxxxxxx> Avoid bad things happening if the module has a printk control string in its name. Signed-off-by: maximilian attems <max@xxxxxxx> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- block/elevator.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN block/elevator.c~block-request_module-use-format-string block/elevator.c --- a/block/elevator.c~block-request_module-use-format-string +++ a/block/elevator.c @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static struct elevator_type *elevator_ge else sprintf(elv, "%s-iosched", name); - request_module(elv); + request_module("%s", elv); spin_lock(&elv_list_lock); e = elevator_find(name); } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from max@xxxxxxx are block-request_module-use-format-string.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html