Re: [PATCH] module,bug: Add TAINT_OOT_MODULE flag for modules notbuilt in-tree

[Nick Bowler]

On 2011-10-25 14:26 +1030, Rusty Russell wrote:
> From: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: module,bug: Add TAINT_OOT_MODULE flag for modules not built in-tree
> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:12:28 +0200
> 
> Use of the GPL or a compatible licence doesn't necessarily make the code
> any good.  We already consider staging modules to be suspect, and this
> should also be true for out-of-tree modules which may receive very
> little review.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (patched oops-tracing.txt)
> ---
>  Documentation/oops-tracing.txt |    2 ++
>  include/linux/kernel.h         |    1 +
>  kernel/module.c                |    5 +++++
>  kernel/panic.c                 |    2 ++
>  scripts/mod/modpost.c          |    7 +++++++
>  5 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

This patch prevents the use of lockdep for debugging out of tree
modules, which is rather mean.

-- 
Nick Bowler, Elliptic Technologies (http://www.elliptictech.com/)
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