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From: Vadim Lobanov <vadim@cs.washington.edu>
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Subject: modprobe_path & hotplug_path
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Hi,

Just wanted to inquire about something curious that I saw in the kernel 
subtree...

Currently modprobe_path and hotplug_path are declared as "char ...[256]", 
though it seems to me (unless I've missed something), that they only ever 
hold "/sbin/modprobe" and "/sbin/hotplug", respectively. Any reason why we 
couldn't simply declare them "char ...[]", and let them be sized 
appropriately?

Let me know if I've missed something.

Thanks,
Vadim Lobanov