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module,bug: Add TAINT_OOT_MODULE flag for modules not built in-tree

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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@decadent.org.uk>
Reviewed-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> (patched oops-tracing.txt)
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Ben Hutchings 2011-10-24 15:12:28 +02:00 committed by Rusty Russell
parent 1cd0d6c302
commit 2449b8ba07
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Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
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@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ characters, each representing a particular tainted value.
12: 'I' if the kernel is working around a severe bug in the platform
firmware (BIOS or similar).
13: 'O' if an externally-built ("out-of-tree") module has been loaded.
The primary reason for the 'Tainted: ' string is to tell kernel
debuggers if this is a clean kernel or if anything unusual has
occurred. Tainting is permanent: even if an offending module is

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include/linux/kernel.h
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@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ extern enum system_states {
#define TAINT_WARN 9
#define TAINT_CRAP 10
#define TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND 11
#define TAINT_OOT_MODULE 12
extern const char hex_asc[];
#define hex_asc_lo(x) hex_asc[((x) & 0x0f)]

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kernel/module.c
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@ -2487,6 +2487,9 @@ static int check_modinfo(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
return -ENOEXEC;
}
if (!get_modinfo(info, "intree"))
add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_OOT_MODULE);
if (get_modinfo(info, "staging")) {
add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_CRAP);
printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: module is from the staging directory,"
@ -3255,6 +3258,8 @@ static char *module_flags(struct module *mod, char *buf)
buf[bx++] = '(';
if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE))
buf[bx++] = 'P';
else if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_OOT_MODULE))
buf[bx++] = 'O';
if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_FORCED_MODULE))
buf[bx++] = 'F';
if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_CRAP))

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kernel/panic.c
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@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ static const struct tnt tnts[] = {
{ TAINT_WARN, 'W', ' ' },
{ TAINT_CRAP, 'C', ' ' },
{ TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, 'I', ' ' },
{ TAINT_OOT_MODULE, 'O', ' ' },
};
/**
@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ static const struct tnt tnts[] = {
* 'W' - Taint on warning.
* 'C' - modules from drivers/staging are loaded.
* 'I' - Working around severe firmware bug.
* 'O' - Out-of-tree module has been loaded.
*
* The string is overwritten by the next call to print_tainted().
*/

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scripts/mod/modpost.c
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@ -1849,6 +1849,12 @@ static void add_header(struct buffer *b, struct module *mod)
buf_printf(b, "};\n");
}
static void add_intree_flag(struct buffer *b, int is_intree)
{
if (is_intree)
buf_printf(b, "\nMODULE_INFO(intree, \"Y\");\n");
}
static void add_staging_flag(struct buffer *b, const char *name)
{
static const char *staging_dir = "drivers/staging";
@ -2169,6 +2175,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
buf.pos = 0;
add_header(&buf, mod);
add_intree_flag(&buf, !external_module);
add_staging_flag(&buf, mod->name);
err |= add_versions(&buf, mod);
add_depends(&buf, mod, modules);