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Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 22:39:21 +0200
From: Djalal Harouni <tixxdz@...il.com>
To: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, 
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Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] modules:capabilities:
 automatic module loading restriction

On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 5:02 PM, Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 2017-04-20 at 14:44 +0200, Djalal Harouni wrote:
>> > On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 4:22 AM, Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk> wrote:
>> > On Thu, 2017-04-20 at 00:20 +0200, Djalal Harouni wrote:
>> > [...]
[...]
>> modules_disabled is too restrictive and once set it can't be changed,
>> maybe that's why not all users use it.
>>
>> With modules_disabled=0 and modules_autoload=2
> [...]
>
> Hmm, OK.  How about naming this modules_autoload_mode, then, so that
> it's obviously not a boolean?

Yes that's fine by me, kees already suggested to rename it to
"modules_autoload" I can change it to that if it's the best
suggestion!

Thanks!

> Ben.
>
> --
> Ben Hutchings
> It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice
> versa.
>



-- 
tixxdz

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