From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753322Ab1JGPKK (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Oct 2011 11:10:10 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:64723 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752947Ab1JGPKJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Oct 2011 11:10:09 -0400 Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 11:10:04 -0400 From: Dave Jones To: Frank Mehnert Cc: Linux Kernel , Andy Hall Subject: Re: RFC: virtualbox tainting. Message-ID: <20111007151003.GA26358@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Frank Mehnert , Linux Kernel , Andy Hall References: <20111006190526.GA13883@redhat.com> <201110071640.53827.frank.mehnert@oracle.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201110071640.53827.frank.mehnert@oracle.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 04:40:53PM +0200, Frank Mehnert wrote: > I can understand that you would rather ignore bug reports from external > kernel modules. On the other hand I don't like the TAINT_CRAP flag as > you can probably imagine. > > Why not just mark external modules like Bastian Blank suggested? I can > assure that we will not try circumvent a TAINT_OOT_MODULE flag. Sure. The exact mechanism used doesn't matter to me. > Please also note that we always have good relations to the open source > community so feel free to point me an archive where all these kernel > panic reports arrive which you've got. Search through the fedora kernel bugs at bugzilla.redhat.com for 'vboxdrv' or 'virtual box' (note to search for closed bugs as well as open ones). > We fixed some bugs in our kernel > modules in the past and it is even possible that some of the current > bug reports are from older versions of VirtualBox which might have been > fixed in the meantime. > > And of course, helpful and constructive critism is always appreciated. If you'd like to be cc'd on those reports, I can add you to the bugs when we go through them if you create a bugzilla account. Dave