Re: [fuse-devel] [PATCH] Add MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV()

[Miklos S. <mi...@sz...>]

> the following patch adds MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV() definition for fuse
> driver.  It will enable the auto-loading of the module via access to
> the corresponding device file.
> 
> Appilcable to both 2.2.1 and 2.3-rc1.

Thanks.

Applying this will have to go together with a cleanup of the device
access checking in fusermount.  

Currently not autoloading the fuse module is a half-hearted security
measure, perventing the use of FUSE without the sysadmin's explicit
action (modprobing fuse, or adding fuse to /etc/modules).

However it's clearly better if this is solved with permissions on
/dev/fuse (which would prevent autoloading in case the users lacks
permission).

Miklos