modutils: explain why we no longer quote params

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>

diff --git a/modutils/modutils.c b/modutils/modutils.c
index cc718db..565d0d2 100644 (file)
--- a/modutils/modutils.c
+++ b/modutils/modutils.c
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ char* FAST_FUNC parse_cmdline_module_options(char **argv)
        optlen = 0;
        while (*++argv) {
                options = xrealloc(options, optlen + 2 + strlen(*argv) + 2);
+               /* Older versions were enclosing space-containing *argv in "",
+                * but both modprobe and insmod from module-init-tools 3.11.1
+                * don't do this anymore. (As to extra trailing space,
+                * insmod adds it but modprobe does not. We do in both cases)
+                */
                optlen += sprintf(options + optlen, "%s ", *argv);
        }
        return options;