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| -rw-r--r-- | init/Kconfig | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/kmod.c | 2 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 1413413fcb9f..d83cb634c24f 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -2299,6 +2299,18 @@ config MODULE_ALLOW_MISSING_NAMESPACE_IMPORTS If unsure, say N. +config MODPROBE_PATH + string "Path to modprobe binary" + default "/sbin/modprobe" + help + When kernel code requests a module, it does so by calling + the "modprobe" userspace utility. This option allows you to + set the path where that binary is found. This can be changed + at runtime via the sysctl file + /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe. Setting this to the empty string + removes the kernel's ability to request modules (but + userspace can still load modules explicitly). + config TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS bool "Trim unused exported kernel symbols" if EXPERT depends on !COMPILE_TEST diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c index 3cd075ce2a1e..b717134ebe17 100644 --- a/kernel/kmod.c +++ b/kernel/kmod.c @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(kmod_wq); /* modprobe_path is set via /proc/sys. */ -char modprobe_path[KMOD_PATH_LEN] = "/sbin/modprobe"; +char modprobe_path[KMOD_PATH_LEN] = CONFIG_MODPROBE_PATH; static void free_modprobe_argv(struct subprocess_info *info) { |