From: Philippe De Swert <[email protected]> The -f switch is accepted by insmod, but silently ignored. This causes the user to wonder why things don't work. As insmod is most often used with "evil" modules, -f is almost default and thus needs to work.
Signed-off-by: Philippe De Swert <[email protected]> --- tools/insmod.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/insmod.c b/tools/insmod.c index 8e72e11..045fd2c 100644 --- a/tools/insmod.c +++ b/tools/insmod.c @@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ static int do_insmod(int argc, char *argv[]) size_t optslen = 0; int i, err; const char *null_config = NULL; + unsigned int flags = 0; for (;;) { int c, idx = 0; @@ -81,7 +82,8 @@ static int do_insmod(int argc, char *argv[]) case 'p': case 's': case 'f': - /* ignored, for compatibility only */ + flags |= KMOD_PROBE_FORCE_MODVERSION; + flags |= KMOD_PROBE_FORCE_VERMAGIC; break; case 'h': help(); @@ -142,7 +144,7 @@ static int do_insmod(int argc, char *argv[]) goto end; } - err = kmod_module_insert_module(mod, 0, opts); + err = kmod_module_insert_module(mod, flags, opts); if (err < 0) { ERR("could not insert module %s: %s\n", filename, mod_strerror(-err)); -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-modules" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
