Re: [GIT PULL] binfmt_misc updates for 4.7+ merge window

From: Joe Perches
Date: Wed Jul 27 2016 - 23:30:48 EST


On Wed, 2016-07-27 at 20:26 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 8:21 PM, Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 2016-07-27 at 20:12 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > >
> > > Did you actually try it.
> > yes.
> Well, in that case the script is buggy. It self-documents as having
> "--git-fallback" on by default, and I'm not seeing anybody claiming
> explicit maintenance of fs/binfmt_misc.c.
>
> Al's match comes from a wildcard, not an exact one.

Nope, the script doesn't have a defect here.
It's documented what the script does with wildcards.

You _could_ argue that the file pattern specified
for VFS is inappropriate though,