Re: [PATCH] fs: warn in case userspace lied about modprobe return

2017-06-01 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 07:01:45PM -0700, Jessica Yu wrote: > +++ Luis R. Rodriguez [25/05/17 17:44 -0700]: > > kmod <= v19 was broken -- it could return 0 to modprobe calls, > > incorrectly assuming that a kernel module was built-in, whereas in > > reality the module was just forming in the kernel

Re: [PATCH] fs: warn in case userspace lied about modprobe return

2017-05-27 Thread Jessica Yu
+++ Luis R. Rodriguez [25/05/17 17:44 -0700]: kmod <= v19 was broken -- it could return 0 to modprobe calls, incorrectly assuming that a kernel module was built-in, whereas in reality the module was just forming in the kernel. The reason for this is an incorrect userspace heuristics. A userspace

[PATCH] fs: warn in case userspace lied about modprobe return

2017-05-25 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
kmod <= v19 was broken -- it could return 0 to modprobe calls, incorrectly assuming that a kernel module was built-in, whereas in reality the module was just forming in the kernel. The reason for this is an incorrect userspace heuristics. A userspace kmod fix is available for it [0], however should