Re: [PATCH] module,bug: Add TAINT_OOT_MODULE flag for modules not built in-tree

Greg KH
2011-10-25T20:05:31Z

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:51:42PM -0400, Nick Bowler wrote:
> On 2011-10-25 18:05 +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > On Tue, 2011-10-25 at 11:38 -0400, Nick Bowler wrote:
> > > This patch prevents the use of lockdep for debugging out of tree
> > > modules, which is rather mean.
> >
> > It was already disabled for staging modules, which seems equally
> > unhelpful.
>
> This is not the case: lockdep works fine with staging modules.

Yes, that was fixed a few kernel versions ago.

Now you might want to update that fix for the TAINT_OOT_MODULE flag as
well, if you feel it is needed.

greg k-h