Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Keith Owens <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] binfmt_misc.c, kernel-2.4.12 | | Date | Mon, 22 Oct 2001 18:21:47 +1000 |
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On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 04:05:54 -0400 (EDT), Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu> wrote: >On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Keith Owens wrote: >> On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 02:47:39 -0400 (EDT), >> Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu> wrote: >> >post-install binfmt_misc mount -t binfmt_misc none /proc/sys/binfmt_misc >> >pre-remove binfmt_misc umount /proc/sys/binfmt_misc >> >> It is not hard wired in the standard modutils, because there is no way >> of overriding it. > >??? >Elaborate, please.
When the post-install and pre-remove entries for module binfmt_misc are hard coded into modprobe, there is no syntax in modules.conf to prevent modprobe from always issuing those commands. The next time somebody decides that binfmt_misc needs different commands, everybody using the old modutils on the new kernel will break. I don't want the hassle, put it in modules.conf where it can easily be changed.
If I can get an iron clad guarantee that binfmt_misc will never, ever change again then I might consider hard coding the entries in modprobe. BTW, I will need a signature in blood that says I can kill you if binfmt_misc is ever changed :).
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