Re: Proposal: Disable autoload of compat_xyz modules

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

On Sep 16,  4:15pm, max%m00nbsd.net@localhost (Maxime Villard) wrote:
-- Subject: Re: Proposal: Disable autoload of compat_xyz modules

| Le 13/09/2017 à 22:00, Christos Zoulas a écrit :
| > Can't we add a sysctl that controls the behavior and have autoload
| > of the compat modules off by default?
| 
| Well, let's just do this. I've written (and tested) [1] - it works. A new
| leaf is added in emul.linux, emul.linux.enabled={0,1}, which registers
| linux_execsw.
| 
| Obviously, after applying this patch we'll have to remove compat_linux from
| the autoload array. And the same will have to be done in compat_linux32.
| 
| Ok?

Why? Leave it in the autoload, but fail to load it unless the sysctl is
enabled...


christos