Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:58:29 -0500 (EST) | From | "Robert P. J. Day" <> | Subject | Re: does /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe actually do anything? |
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On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> On 11/29/07, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> wrote: > > echo '#! /bin/sh' > /tmp/modprobe > > echo 'echo "$@" >> /tmp/modprobe.log' >> /tmp/modprobe > > echo 'exec /sbin/modprobe "$@"' >> /tmp/modprobe > > chmod a+x /tmp/modprobe > > echo /tmp/modprobe > /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe > > > > i've tried that and i don't see that it does anything whatsoever. i > > ran modprobe under "strace" and it doesn't appear to make any effort > > to check /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe. > > Kernel, not modprobe, checks /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe .
actually, ignore that earlier query of mine, i've found the relevant code under kernel/ in sysctl.c and sysctl_check.c and kmod.c. but it's still not clear why what is described in Documentation/debugging-modules.txt (and shown above) doesn't work, so i'm still open to suggestions. thanks.
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