1 files changed, 273 insertions, 232 deletions

diff --git a/modutils/modprobe.c b/modutils/modprobe.c
index 74fadc3..96b442c 100644
--- a/modutils/modprobe.c
+++ b/modutils/modprobe.c
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2002 by Robert Griebl, griebl@gmx.de
  * Copyright (c) 2003 by Andrew Dennison, andrew.dennison@motec.com.au
  * Copyright (c) 2005 by Jim Bauer, jfbauer@nfr.com
+ * 
+ * Portions Copyright (c) 2005 by Yann E. MORIN, yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr
  *
  * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
 */
@@ -21,26 +23,31 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include "busybox.h"
 
+struct mod_opt_t {	/* one-way list of options to pass to a module */
+	char *  m_opt_val;
+	struct mod_opt_t * m_next;
+};
 
+struct dep_t {	/* one-way list of dependency rules */
+	/* a dependency rule */
+	char *  m_name;				/* the module name*/
+	char *  m_path;				/* the module file path */
+	struct mod_opt_t *  m_options;	/* the module options */
+	
+	int     m_isalias  : 1;			/* the module is an alias */
+	int     m_reserved : 15;		/* stuffin' */
 
-struct dep_t {
-	char *  m_name;
-	char *  m_path;
-	char *  m_options;
-
-	int     m_isalias  : 1;
-	int     m_reserved : 15;
-
-	int     m_depcnt   : 16;
-	char ** m_deparr;
+	int     m_depcnt   : 16;		/* the number of dependable module(s) */
+	char ** m_deparr;			/* the list of dependable module(s) */
 
-	struct dep_t * m_next;
+	struct dep_t * m_next;			/* the next dependency rule */
 };
 
-struct mod_list_t {
+struct mod_list_t {	/* two-way list of modules to process */
+	/* a module description */
 	char *  m_name;
 	char *  m_path;
-	char *  m_options;
+	struct mod_opt_t *  m_options;
 
 	struct mod_list_t * m_prev;
 	struct mod_list_t * m_next;
@@ -49,7 +56,6 @@ struct mod_list_t {
 
 static struct dep_t *depend;
 static int autoclean, show_only, quiet, do_syslog, verbose;
-static int k_version;
 
 static int parse_tag_value ( char *buffer, char **ptag, char **pvalue )
 {
@@ -101,6 +107,144 @@ static char *reads ( int fd, char *buffer, size_t len )
 		return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * This function appends an option to a list
+ */
+struct mod_opt_t *append_option( struct mod_opt_t *opt_list, char *opt )
+{
+	struct mod_opt_t *ol = opt_list;
+
+	if( ol ) {
+		while( ol-> m_next ) {
+			ol = ol-> m_next;
+		}
+		ol-> m_next = xmalloc( sizeof( struct mod_opt_t ) );
+		ol = ol-> m_next;
+	} else {
+		ol = opt_list = xmalloc( sizeof( struct mod_opt_t ) );
+	}
+
+	ol-> m_opt_val = bb_xstrdup( opt );
+	ol-> m_next = NULL;
+
+	return opt_list;
+}
+
+#if (defined CONFIG_FEATURE_MODPROBE_MULTIPLE_OPTIONS)
+/* static char* parse_command_string( char* src, char **dst );
+ *   src: pointer to string containing argument
+ *   dst: pointer to where to store the parsed argument
+ *   return value: the pointer to the first char after the parsed argument,
+ *                 NULL if there was no argument parsed (only trailing spaces).
+ *   Note that memory is allocated with bb_xstrdup when a new argument was
+ *   parsed. Don't forget to free it!
+ */
+#define ARG_EMPTY      0x00
+#define ARG_IN_DQUOTES 0x01
+#define ARG_IN_SQUOTES 0x02
+static char *parse_command_string( char *src, char **dst )
+{
+	int opt_status = ARG_EMPTY;
+	char* tmp_str;
+
+	/* Dumb you, I have nothing to do... */
+	if( src == NULL ) return src;
+
+	/* Skip leading spaces */
+	while( *src == ' ' ) {
+		src++;
+	}
+	/* Is the end of string reached? */
+	if( *src == '\0' ) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	/* Reached the start of an argument
+	 * By the way, we duplicate a little too much
+	 * here but what is too much is freed later. */
+	*dst = tmp_str = bb_xstrdup( src );
+	/* Get to the end of that argument */
+	while(    ( *tmp_str != '\0' )
+	       && (    ( *tmp_str != ' ' )
+		    || ( opt_status & ( ARG_IN_DQUOTES | ARG_IN_SQUOTES ) ) ) ) {
+		switch( *tmp_str ) {
+			case '\'':
+				if( opt_status & ARG_IN_DQUOTES ) {
+					/* Already in double quotes, keep current char as is */
+				} else {
+					/* shift left 1 char, until end of string: get rid of the opening/closing quotes */
+					memmove( tmp_str, tmp_str + 1, strlen( tmp_str ) );
+					/* mark me: we enter or leave single quotes */
+					opt_status ^= ARG_IN_SQUOTES;
+					/* Back one char, as we need to re-scan the new char there. */
+					tmp_str--;
+				}
+			break;
+			case '"':
+				if( opt_status & ARG_IN_SQUOTES ) {
+					/* Already in single quotes, keep current char as is */
+				} else {
+					/* shift left 1 char, until end of string: get rid of the opening/closing quotes */
+					memmove( tmp_str, tmp_str + 1, strlen( tmp_str ) );
+					/* mark me: we enter or leave double quotes */
+					opt_status ^= ARG_IN_DQUOTES;
+					/* Back one char, as we need to re-scan the new char there. */
+					tmp_str--;
+				}
+			break;
+			case '\\':
+				if( opt_status & ARG_IN_SQUOTES ) {
+					/* Between single quotes: keep as is. */
+				} else {
+					switch( *(tmp_str+1) ) {
+						case 'a':
+						case 'b':
+						case 't':
+						case 'n':
+						case 'v':
+						case 'f':
+						case 'r':
+						case '0':
+							/* We escaped a special character. For now, keep
+							 * both the back-slash and the following char. */
+							tmp_str++; src++;
+							break;
+						default:
+							/* We escaped a space or a single or double quote,
+							 * or a back-slash, or a non-escapable char. Remove
+							 * the '\' and keep the new current char as is. */
+							memmove( tmp_str, tmp_str + 1, strlen( tmp_str ) );
+							break;
+					}
+				}
+			break;
+			/* Any other char that is special shall appear here.
+			 * Example: $ starts a variable
+			case '$':
+				do_variable_expansion();
+				break;
+			 * */
+			default:
+				/* any other char is kept as is. */
+				break;
+		}
+		tmp_str++; /* Go to next char */
+		src++; /* Go to next char to find the end of the argument. */
+	}
+	/* End of string, but still no ending quote */
+	if( opt_status & ( ARG_IN_DQUOTES | ARG_IN_SQUOTES ) ) {
+		bb_error_msg_and_die( "unterminated (single or double) quote in options list: %s", src );
+	}
+	*tmp_str = '\0';
+	*dst = xrealloc( *dst, strlen( *dst ) );
+	return src;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_FEATURE_MODPROBE_MULTIPLE_OPTIONS */
+
+/*
+ * This function builds a list of dependency rules from /lib/modules/`uname -r\modules.dep.
+ * It then fills every modules and aliases with their  default options, found by parsing
+ * modprobe.conf (or modules.conf, or conf.modules).
+ */
 static struct dep_t *build_dep ( void )
 {
 	int fd;
@@ -110,10 +254,11 @@ static struct dep_t *build_dep ( void )
 	char buffer[2048];
 	char *filename = buffer;
 	int continuation_line = 0;
+	int k_version;
 
 	k_version = 0;
 	if ( uname ( &un ))
-		return 0;
+		bb_error_msg_and_die("can't determine kernel version");
 
 	// check for buffer overflow in following code
 	if ( bb_strlen ( un.release ) > ( sizeof( buffer ) - 64 )) {
@@ -149,37 +294,43 @@ static struct dep_t *build_dep ( void )
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		/* Is this a new module dep description? */
 		if ( !continuation_line ) {
+			/* find the dep begining */
 			char *col = strchr ( buffer, ':' );
 			char *dot = col;
 
 			if ( col ) {
+				/* This line is a dep description */
 				char *mods;
 				char *modpath;
 				char *mod;
 
+				/* Find the beginning of the module file name */
 				*col = 0;
 				mods = strrchr ( buffer, '/' );
 
 				if ( !mods )
-					mods = buffer;
+					mods = buffer; /* no path for this module */
 				else
-					mods++;
+					mods++; /* there was a path for this module... */
 
-				modpath = strchr ( buffer, '/' );
+				/* find the path of the module */
+				modpath = strchr ( buffer, '/' ); /* ... and this is the path */
 				if ( !modpath )
-					modpath = buffer;
-#if defined(CONFIG_FEATURE_2_6_MODULES)
-				if ((k_version > 4) && ( *(col-3) == '.' ) &&
-						( *(col-2) == 'k' ) && ( *(col-1) == 'o' ))
+					modpath = buffer; /* module with no path */
+				/* find the end of the module name in the file name */
+				if ( ENABLE_FEATURE_2_6_MODULES &&
+				     (k_version > 4) && ( *(col-3) == '.' ) &&
+				     ( *(col-2) == 'k' ) && ( *(col-1) == 'o' ) )
 					dot = col - 3;
 				else
-#endif
 					if (( *(col-2) == '.' ) && ( *(col-1) == 'o' ))
 						dot = col - 2;
 
 				mod = bb_xstrndup ( mods, dot - mods );
 
+				/* enqueue new module */
 				if ( !current ) {
 					first = current = (struct dep_t *) xmalloc ( sizeof ( struct dep_t ));
 				}
@@ -189,24 +340,26 @@ static struct dep_t *build_dep ( void )
 				}
 				current-> m_name  = mod;
 				current-> m_path  = bb_xstrdup(modpath);
-				current-> m_options = 0;
+				current-> m_options = NULL;
 				current-> m_isalias = 0;
 				current-> m_depcnt  = 0;
 				current-> m_deparr  = 0;
 				current-> m_next    = 0;
 
-				//printf ( "%s:\n", mod );
 				p = col + 1;
 			}
 			else
+				/* this line is not a dep description */
 				p = 0;
 		}
 		else
+			/* It's a dep description continuation */
 			p = buffer;
 
 		while ( p && *p && isblank(*p))
 			p++;
 
+		/* p points to the first dependable module; if NULL, no dependable module */
 		if ( p && *p ) {
 			char *end = &buffer [l-1];
 			char *deps;
@@ -219,6 +372,7 @@ static struct dep_t *build_dep ( void )
 
 			do
 			{
+				/* search the end of the dependency */
 				next = strchr (p, ' ' );
 				if (next)
 				{
@@ -228,6 +382,7 @@ static struct dep_t *build_dep ( void )
 				else
 					next = end;
 
+				/* find the begining of the module file name */
 				deps = strrchr ( p, '/' );
 
 				if ( !deps || ( deps < p )) {
@@ -239,12 +394,12 @@ static struct dep_t *build_dep ( void )
 				else
 					deps++;
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_FEATURE_2_6_MODULES)
-				if ((k_version > 4) && ( *(next-2) == '.' ) && *(next-1) == 'k'  &&
-						( *next == 'o' ))
+				/* find the end of the module name in the file name */
+				if ( ENABLE_FEATURE_2_6_MODULES &&
+				     (k_version > 4) && ( *(next-2) == '.' ) &&
+				     ( *(next-1) == 'k' )  && ( *next == 'o' ) )
 					ext = 3;
 				else
-#endif
 					if (( *(next-1) == '.' ) && ( *next == 'o' ))
 						ext = 2;
 
@@ -253,16 +408,17 @@ static struct dep_t *build_dep ( void )
 					continue;
 				dep = bb_xstrndup ( deps, next - deps - ext + 1 );
 
+				/* Add the new dependable module name */
 				current-> m_depcnt++;
 				current-> m_deparr = (char **) xrealloc ( current-> m_deparr,
 						sizeof ( char *) * current-> m_depcnt );
 				current-> m_deparr [current-> m_depcnt - 1] = dep;
 
-				//printf ( "    %d) %s\n", current-> m_depcnt, current-> m_deparr [current-> m_depcnt -1] );
 				p = next + 2;
 			} while (next < end);
 		}
 
+		/* is there other dependable module(s) ? */
 		if ( buffer [l-1] == '\\' )
 			continuation_line = 1;
 		else
@@ -305,8 +461,7 @@ static struct dep_t *build_dep ( void )
 				char *alias, *mod;
 
 				if ( parse_tag_value ( buffer + 6, &alias, &mod )) {
-					// fprintf ( stderr, "ALIAS: '%s' -> '%s'\n", alias, mod );
-
+					/* handle alias as a module dependent on the aliased module */
 					if ( !current ) {
 						first = current = (struct dep_t *) xcalloc ( 1, sizeof ( struct dep_t ));
 					}
@@ -332,18 +487,24 @@ static struct dep_t *build_dep ( void )
 			else if (( strncmp ( buffer, "options", 7 ) == 0 ) && isspace ( buffer [7] )) {
 				char *mod, *opt;
 
+				/* split the line in the module/alias name, and options */
 				if ( parse_tag_value ( buffer + 8, &mod, &opt )) {
 					struct dep_t *dt;
 
+					/* find the corresponding module */
 					for ( dt = first; dt; dt = dt-> m_next ) {
 						if ( strcmp ( dt-> m_name, mod ) == 0 )
 							break;
 					}
 					if ( dt ) {
-						dt-> m_options = xrealloc ( dt-> m_options, bb_strlen( opt ) + 1 );
-						strcpy ( dt-> m_options, opt );
-
-						// fprintf ( stderr, "OPTION: '%s' -> '%s'\n", dt-> m_name, dt-> m_options );
+						if ( CONFIG_FEATURE_MODPROBE_MULTIPLE_OPTIONS ) {
+							char* new_opt = NULL;
+							while( ( opt = parse_command_string( opt, &new_opt ) ) ) {
+								dt-> m_options = append_option( dt-> m_options, new_opt );
+							}
+						} else {
+							dt-> m_options = append_option( dt-> m_options, opt );
+						}
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -370,6 +531,9 @@ static int already_loaded (const char *name)
 		p = strchr (buffer, ' ');
 		if (p) {
 			*p = 0;
+			for( p = buffer; ENABLE_FEATURE_2_6_MODULES && *p; p++ ) {
+				*p = ((*p)=='-')?'_':*p;
+			}
 			if (strcmp (name, buffer) == 0) {
 				close (fd);
 				return 1;
@@ -381,137 +545,30 @@ static int already_loaded (const char *name)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_MODPROBE_MULTIPLE_OPTIONS
-/* static char* parse_command_string( char* src, char **dst );
- *   src: pointer to string containing argument
- *   dst: pointer to where to store the parsed argument
- *   return value: the pointer to the first char after the parsed argument,
- *                 NULL if there was no argument parsed (only trailing spaces).
- *   Note that memory is allocated with bb_xstrdup when a new argument was
- *   parsed. Don't forget to free it!
- */
-#define ARG_EMPTY      0x00
-#define ARG_IN_DQUOTES 0x01
-#define ARG_IN_SQUOTES 0x02
-static char *parse_command_string( char *src, char **dst )
-{
-	int opt_status = ARG_EMPTY;
-	char* tmp_str;
-
-	/* Dumb you, I have nothing to do... */
-	if( src == NULL ) return src;
-
-	/* Skip leading spaces */
-	while( *src == ' ' ) {
-		src++;
-	}
-	/* Is the end of string reached? */
-	if( *src == '\0' ) {
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	/* Reached the start of an argument
-	 * By the way, we duplicate a little too much here :-/ but that's the easy way:
-	 * cost effective wrt code, cost consumming wrt memory usage. */
-	*dst = tmp_str = bb_xstrdup( src );
-	/* Get to the end of that argument */
-	while(    ( *tmp_str != '\0' )
-		   && (    ( *tmp_str != ' ' )
-				|| ( opt_status & ( ARG_IN_DQUOTES | ARG_IN_SQUOTES ) ) ) ) {
-		switch( *tmp_str ) {
-			case '\'':
-				if( opt_status & ARG_IN_DQUOTES ) {
-					/* Already in double quotes, keep current char as is */
-				} else {
-					/* shift left 1 char, until end of string: get rid of the opening/closing quotes */
-					memmove( tmp_str, tmp_str + 1, strlen( tmp_str ) );
-					/* mark me: we enter or leave single quotes */
-					opt_status ^= ARG_IN_SQUOTES;
-					/* Back one char, as we need to re-scan the new char there. */
-					tmp_str--;
-				}
-			break;
-			case '"':
-				if( opt_status & ARG_IN_SQUOTES ) {
-					/* Already in single quotes, keep current char as is */
-				} else {
-					/* shift left 1 char, until end of string: get rid of the opening/closing quotes */
-					memmove( tmp_str, tmp_str + 1, strlen( tmp_str ) );
-					/* mark me: we enter or leave double quotes */
-					opt_status ^= ARG_IN_DQUOTES;
-					/* Back one char, as we need to re-scan the new char there. */
-					tmp_str--;
-				}
-			break;
-			case '\\':
-				if( opt_status & ARG_IN_SQUOTES ) {
-					/* Between single quotes: keep as is. */
-				} else {
-					switch( *(tmp_str+1) ) {
-						case 'a':
-						case 'b':
-						case 't':
-						case 'n':
-						case 'v':
-						case 'f':
-						case 'r':
-						case '0':
-							/* We escaped a special character. For now, keep
-							 * both the back-slash and the following char. */
-							tmp_str++; src++;
-							break;
-						default:
-							/* We escaped a space or a single or double quote,
-							 * or a back-slash, or a non-escapable char. Remove
-							 * the '\' and keep the new current char as is. */
-							memmove( tmp_str, tmp_str + 1, strlen( tmp_str ) );
-							break;
-					}
-				}
-			break;
-			/* Any other char that is special shall appear here.
-			 * Example: $ starts a variable
-			case '$':
-				do_variable_expansion();
-				break;
-			 * */
-			default:
-				/* any other char is kept as is. */
-				break;
-		}
-		tmp_str++; /* Go to next char */
-		src++; /* Go to next char to find the end of the argument. */
-	}
-	/* End of string, but still no ending quote */
-	if( opt_status & ( ARG_IN_DQUOTES | ARG_IN_SQUOTES ) ) {
-		bb_error_msg_and_die( "unterminated (single or double) quote in options list: %s", src );
-	}
-	*tmp_str = '\0';
-	return src;
-}
-#endif /* CONFIG_FEATURE_MODPROBE_MULTIPLE_OPTIONS */
-
 static int mod_process ( struct mod_list_t *list, int do_insert )
 {
 	int rc = 0;
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_MODPROBE_MULTIPLE_OPTIONS
 	char **argv = NULL;
-	char *opts;
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP
-	int argc_malloc;
-#endif
-#else /* CONFIG_FEATURE_MODPROBE_MULTIPLE_OPTIONS */
-	char *argv[10];
-#endif
+	struct mod_opt_t *opts;
+	int argc_malloc; /* never used when CONFIG_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP not defined */
 	int argc;
 
 	while ( list ) {
 		argc = 0;
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_MODPROBE_MULTIPLE_OPTIONS
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP
-		argc_malloc = 0;
-#endif
-		argv = (char**) malloc( 6 * sizeof( char* ) ); /* enough for minimal insmod (5 args + NULL) or rmmod (3 args + NULL) */
-#endif
+		if( ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP )
+			argc_malloc = 0;
+		/* If CONFIG_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP is not defined, then we leak memory
+		 * each time we allocate memory for argv.
+		 * But it is (quite) small amounts of memory that leak each
+		 * time a module is loaded,  and it is reclaimed when modprobe
+		 * exits anyway (even when standalone shell?).
+		 * This could become a problem when loading a module with LOTS of
+		 * dependencies, with LOTS of options for each dependencies, with
+		 * very little memory on the target... But in that case, the module
+		 * would not load because there is no more memory, so there's no
+		 * problem. */
+		/* enough for minimal insmod (5 args + NULL) or rmmod (3 args + NULL) */
+		argv = (char**) malloc( 6 * sizeof( char* ) );
 		if ( do_insert ) {
 			if (already_loaded (list->m_name) != 1) {
 				argv[argc++] = "insmod";
@@ -524,20 +581,16 @@ static int mod_process ( struct mod_list_t *list, int do_insert )
 				else if(verbose) /* verbose and quiet are mutually exclusive */
 					argv[argc++] = "-v";
 				argv[argc++] = list-> m_path;
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_MODPROBE_MULTIPLE_OPTIONS
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP
-				argc_malloc = argc;
-#endif
+				if( ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP )
+					argc_malloc = argc;
 				opts = list-> m_options;
-				while( ( opts = parse_command_string( opts, &(argv[argc]) ) ) != NULL ) {
-					/* Increase the argv array by 1 */
+				while( opts ) {
+					/* Add one more option */
 					argc++;
 					argv = (char**) xrealloc( argv, ( argc + 1 ) * sizeof( char* ) );
+					argv[argc-1] = opts-> m_opt_val;
+					opts = opts-> m_next;
 				}
-#else /* CONFIG_FEATURE_MODPROBE_MULTIPLE_OPTIONS */
-				if (list-> m_options)
-					argv[argc++] = list-> m_options;
-#endif /* CONFIG_FEATURE_MODPROBE_MULTIPLE_OPTIONS */
 			}
 		} else {
 			/* modutils uses short name for removal */
@@ -546,19 +599,15 @@ static int mod_process ( struct mod_list_t *list, int do_insert )
 				if (do_syslog)
 					argv[argc++] = "-s";
 				argv[argc++] = list->m_name;
-#if ( defined CONFIG_FEATURE_MODPROBE_MULTIPLE_OPTIONS ) && ( defined CONFIG_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP )
-				argc_malloc = argc;
-#endif
+				if( ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP )
+					argc_malloc = argc;
 			}
 		}
 		argv[argc] = NULL;
 
 		if (argc) {
 			if (verbose) {
-				int i;
-				printf("argc=%d\n", argc );
-				for (i=0; i<argc; i++)
-				  printf("argv[%02d]=\"%s\"\n", i, argv[i]);
+				printf("%s module %s\n", do_insert?"Loading":"Unloading", list-> m_name );
 			}
 			if (!show_only) {
 				int rc2 = 0;
@@ -589,51 +638,48 @@ static int mod_process ( struct mod_list_t *list, int do_insert )
 					rc = 0; /* success if remove any mod */
 				}
 			}
-#if ( defined CONFIG_FEATURE_MODPROBE_MULTIPLE_OPTIONS ) && ( defined CONFIG_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP )
-			/* the last value in the array has index == argc, but
-			 * it is the terminatign NULL, so we must not free it. */
-			while( argc_malloc < argc ) {
-				free( argv[argc_malloc++] );
+			if( ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP )
+				/* the last value in the array has index == argc, but
+				 * it is the terminating NULL, so we must not free it. */
+				while( argc_malloc < argc ) {
+					free( argv[argc_malloc++] );
 			}
 		}
-		free( argv );
-		/* If CONFIG_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP is not defined, then we leak memory
-		 * here. But it is (quite) small amounts of memory that leak each
-		 * time a module is loaded,  and it is reclaimed when modprobe
-		 * exits anyway.
-		 * This could become a problem when loading a module with LOTS of
-		 * dependencies, with LOTS of options for each dependencies, with
-		 * very little memory on the target... But in that case, the module
-		 * would not load because there is no more memory, so there's no
-		 * problem. Hmm, wait... Is this true, whatever the allocation policy? */
-		argv = NULL;
-#else /* CONFIG_FEATURE_MODPROBE_MULTIPLE_OPTIONS && CONFIG_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP */
+		if( ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP ) {
+			free( argv );
+			argv = NULL;
 		}
-#endif
 		list = do_insert ? list-> m_prev : list-> m_next;
 	}
 	return (show_only) ? 0 : rc;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Builds the dependency list (aka stack) of a module.
+ * head: the highest module in the stack (last to insmod, first to rmmod)
+ * tail: the lowest module in the stack (first to insmod, last to rmmod)
+ */
 static void check_dep ( char *mod, struct mod_list_t **head, struct mod_list_t **tail )
 {
 	struct mod_list_t *find;
 	struct dep_t *dt;
-	char *opt = 0;
+	struct mod_opt_t *opt = 0;
 	char *path = 0;
 
 	// check dependencies
 	for ( dt = depend; dt; dt = dt-> m_next ) {
 		if ( strcmp ( dt-> m_name, mod ) == 0) {
-			mod = dt-> m_name;
-			path = dt-> m_path;
-			opt = dt-> m_options;
 			break;
 		}
 	}
 
+	if( !dt ) {
+		bb_error_msg ("module %s not found.", mod);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	// resolve alias names
-	while ( dt && dt-> m_isalias ) {
+	while ( dt-> m_isalias ) {
 		if ( dt-> m_depcnt == 1 ) {
 			struct dep_t *adt;
 
@@ -642,24 +688,30 @@ static void check_dep ( char *mod, struct mod_list_t **head, struct mod_list_t *
 					break;
 			}
 			if ( adt ) {
+				/* This is the module we are aliased to */
+				struct mod_opt_t *opts = dt-> m_options;
+				/* Option of the alias are appended to the options of the module */
+				while( opts ) {
+					adt-> m_options = append_option( adt-> m_options, opts-> m_opt_val );
+					opts = opts-> m_next;
+				}
 				dt = adt;
-				mod = dt-> m_name;
-				path = dt-> m_path;
-				if ( !opt )
-					opt = dt-> m_options;
 			}
-			else
+			else {
+				bb_error_msg ("module %s not found.", mod);
 				return;
+			}
 		}
-		else
+		else {
+			bb_error_msg ("Bad alias %s", dt-> m_name);
 			return;
+		}
 	}
 
-	if ( !path ) {
-		bb_error_msg ("module %s not found.", mod);
-		return;
-	}
-
+	mod = dt-> m_name;
+	path = dt-> m_path;
+	opt = dt-> m_options;
+			
 	// search for duplicates
 	for ( find = *head; find; find = find-> m_next ) {
 		if ( !strcmp ( mod, find-> m_name )) {
@@ -699,6 +751,7 @@ static void check_dep ( char *mod, struct mod_list_t **head, struct mod_list_t *
 	if ( dt ) {
 		int i;
 
+		/* Add all dependable module for that new module */
 		for ( i = 0; i < dt-> m_depcnt; i++ )
 			check_dep ( dt-> m_deparr [i], head, tail );
 	}
@@ -714,24 +767,12 @@ static int mod_insert ( char *mod, int argc, char **argv )
 	check_dep ( mod, &head, &tail );
 
 	if ( head && tail ) {
-#if defined(CONFIG_FEATURE_2_6_MODULES)
-		if ( argc ) {
+		if( argc ) {
 			int i;
-			int l = 0;
-
 			// append module args
 			for ( i = 0; i < argc; i++ )
-				l += ( bb_strlen ( argv [i] ) + 1 );
-
-			head-> m_options = xrealloc ( head-> m_options, l + 1 );
-			head-> m_options [0] = 0;
-
-			for ( i = 0; i < argc; i++ ) {
-				strcat ( head-> m_options, argv [i] );
-				strcat ( head-> m_options, " " );
-			}
+				head->m_options = append_option( head->m_options, argv[i] );
 		}
-#endif
 
 		// process tail ---> head
 		rc = mod_process ( tail, 1 );
@@ -766,6 +807,7 @@ static int mod_remove ( char *mod )
 extern int modprobe_main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
 	int	opt;
+	int rc = EXIT_SUCCESS;
 	int remove_opt = 0;
 
 	autoclean = show_only = quiet = do_syslog = verbose = 0;
@@ -814,7 +856,6 @@ extern int modprobe_main(int argc, char** argv)
 		bb_error_msg_and_die ( "could not parse modules.dep\n" );
 
 	if (remove_opt) {
-		int rc = EXIT_SUCCESS;
 		do {
 			if (mod_remove ( optind < argc ?
 						bb_xstrdup (argv [optind]) : NULL )) {
@@ -823,15 +864,15 @@ extern int modprobe_main(int argc, char** argv)
 				rc = EXIT_FAILURE;
 			}
 		} while ( ++optind < argc );
+	} else {
+		if (optind >= argc)
+			bb_error_msg_and_die ( "No module or pattern provided\n" );
 
-		return rc;
+		if ( mod_insert ( bb_xstrdup ( argv [optind] ), argc - optind - 1, argv + optind + 1 ))
+			bb_error_msg_and_die ( "failed to load module %s", argv [optind] );
 	}
 
-	if (optind >= argc)
-		bb_error_msg_and_die ( "No module or pattern provided\n" );
+	/* Here would be a good place to free up memory allocated during the dependencies build. */
 
-	if ( mod_insert ( bb_xstrdup ( argv [optind] ), argc - optind - 1, argv + optind + 1 ))
-		bb_error_msg_and_die ( "failed to load module %s", argv [optind] );
-
-	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+	return rc;
 }