This allows transient module changes to be implemented by symlinks to tmpfs. With '-v' a warning is printed.
The special-casing of ENOENT is similar to code already in depmod.c. Signed-off-by: Keegan McAllister <[email protected]> --- modprobe.c | 12 +++++++++--- 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/modprobe.c b/modprobe.c index 0823c8d..7b3b44a 100644 --- a/modprobe.c +++ b/modprobe.c @@ -1104,9 +1104,15 @@ static int parse_config_scan(const char *filename, nofail_asprintf(&cfgfile, "%s/%s", filename, fe->name); if (!parse_config_file(cfgfile, conf, - dump_only, removing)) - warn("Failed to open config file " - "%s: %s\n", fe->name, strerror(errno)); + dump_only, removing)) { + if (errno != ENOENT) + warn("Failed to open config file " + "%s: %s\n", fe->name, strerror(errno)); + else if (verbose) + warn("Config file does not actually exist (broken symlink?): " + "%s\n", fe->name); + // else no warning + } free(cfgfile); list_del(&fe->node); free(fe); -- 1.7.2.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-modules" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
