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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] modules: allow modprobe load regular elf
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Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 09:48:35 +0100
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On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 10:22:00AM -0700, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> On 3/10/18 7:34 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> > Also,
> > 
> > Alexei you never answered my questions out aliases with the umh modules.
> > Long term this important to consider.
> 
> aliases always felt like a crutch to me.
> I can see an argument when they're used as 'alias pci:* foo'
> but the way it's used in networking with ip_set_* and nf-* is
> something I prefer not to ever do again.
> Definitely no aliases for bpfilter umh.

I agree, let's not do that if at all possible for these types of
binaries.

greg k-h