I can understand that but I'd really rather see it someplace that's hard for users to get to. Every now and then someone finds a bug that allows loading any kernel module on demand and this module seems likely to have functionality that should not be exposed to untrusted users.
(I haven't reviewed it, and it's my goal to not review it. :) Thanks -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1566074 Title: splat.ko is packaged Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: I just noticed that splat.ko from the SPL upstream is packaged in our linux-image-* packages: https://launchpad.net/~canonical-kernel- team/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+build/9397038/+files/buildlog_ubuntu-xenial- amd64.linux_4.4.0-16.32_BUILDING.txt.gz $ zgrep splat.ko buildlog_ubuntu-xenial-amd64.linux_4.4.0-16.32_BUILDING.txt.gz linux-4.4.0/spl/module/splat/splat-kobj.c CC [M] /«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/build/build-generic/spl/module/splat/splat-kobj.o LD [M] /«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/build/build-generic/spl/module/splat/splat.ko CC [M] /«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/build/build-lowlatency/spl/module/splat/splat-kobj.o LD [M] /«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/build/build-lowlatency/spl/module/splat/splat.ko INSTALL /«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/build/build-generic/spl/module/splat/splat.ko INSTALL /«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/build/build-lowlatency/spl/module/splat/splat.ko kernel/zfs/splat/splat.ko -rw-r--r-- root/root 344662 2016-03-25 01:59 ./lib/modules/4.4.0-16-generic/kernel/zfs/splat/splat.ko -rw-r--r-- root/root 325110 2016-03-25 03:12 ./lib/modules/4.4.0-16-lowlatency/kernel/zfs/splat/splat.ko splat.ko is used only with the /usr/sbin/splat testing tool from the spl package. I suspect we shouldn't include this module in packages that we expect users to install. Thanks To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1566074/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
