* [PATCH] module: remove module taint on ndiswrapper
@ 2008-02-03 4:45 Pavel Roskin
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From: Pavel Roskin @ 2008-02-03 4:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel; +Cc: Jon Masters, Rusty Russell
Revert 0aa5bd52d0c49ca56d24584c646e6544ccbb3dc9, which disallowed
ndiswrapper to use GPL-only symbols.
Add comments why ndiswrapper and driverloader are tainted to avoid
similar mistakes in the future.
Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
---
kernel/module.c | 7 ++++++-
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index bd60278..c7f3fa6 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1933,8 +1933,13 @@ static struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
/* Set up license info based on the info section */
set_license(mod, get_modinfo(sechdrs, infoindex, "license"));
+ /* ndiswrapper can load proprietary drivers. Don't use
+ add_taint_module(), as ndiswrapper needs GPL-only symbols. */
if (strcmp(mod->name, "ndiswrapper") == 0)
- add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
+ add_taint(TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
+
+ /* driverloader is proprietary, but it's known to be lying about
+ its license in the license info */
if (strcmp(mod->name, "driverloader") == 0)
add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
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