Re: [PATCH 3/3] module: don't ignore vermagic string if moduledoesn't have modversions

[Linus Torvalds]

On Fri, 9 May 2008, Rusty Russell wrote:
> 
> We should only ignore the start of the vermagic string if the module
> actually *has* crcs to check.  Rather than (say) having an
> entertaining hissy fit and creating a config option to work around the
> buggy code.

Btw, this makes the two vesions of "same_magic()" be basically the same 
(since without MODVERSIONS, has_crcs *should* always be zero). Maybe we 
should make it just one version, to simplify logic?

		Linus
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