From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: log OOT_MODULE tainting
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:20:12 +1030 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zke5en2z.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1201021456120.24984@pobox.suse.cz>
On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 14:58:51 +0100 (CET), Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> wrote:
> Follow what we do with other taints and output a message into kernel ring
> buffer once tainting a kernel because out-of-tree module is being loaded.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
I don't like this, actually. There's a wish among some distributions to
know that OOT modules are in use in panic messages, but not by others.
Certainly, there's no reason to warn the user.
Thanks,
Rusty.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-03 0:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-02 13:58 [PATCH] module: log OOT_MODULE tainting Jiri Kosina
2012-01-02 22:50 ` Rusty Russell [this message]
2012-01-03 8:47 ` Jiri Kosina
2012-01-04 1:52 ` Rusty Russell
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