linux-kernel - [patch 52/86] lockdep, bug: Exclude TAINT_OOT

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Date:	Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:30:11 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	Nick Bowler <nbowler@...iptictech.com>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Debian kernel maintainers <debian-kernel@...ts.debian.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: [patch 52/86] lockdep, bug: Exclude TAINT_OOT_MODULE from disabling lock debugging

3.2-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>

commit 9ec84acee1e221d99dc33237bff5e82839d10cc0 upstream.

We do want to allow lock debugging for GPL-compatible modules
that are not (yet) built in-tree.  This was disabled as a
side-effect of commit 2449b8ba0745327c5fa49a8d9acffe03b2eded69
('module,bug: Add TAINT_OOT_MODULE flag for modules not built
in-tree').  Lock debug warnings now include taint flags, so
kernel developers should still be able to deflect warnings
caused by out-of-tree modules.

The TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE flag for non-GPL-compatible modules
will still disable lock debugging.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Cc: Nick Bowler <nbowler@...iptictech.com>
Cc: Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
Cc: Debian kernel maintainers <debian-kernel@...ts.debian.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1323268258.18450.11.camel@deadeye
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 kernel/panic.c |    5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -237,11 +237,12 @@ void add_taint(unsigned flag)
 	 * Can't trust the integrity of the kernel anymore.
 	 * We don't call directly debug_locks_off() because the issue
 	 * is not necessarily serious enough to set oops_in_progress to 1
-	 * Also we want to keep up lockdep for staging development and
-	 * post-warning case.
+	 * Also we want to keep up lockdep for staging/out-of-tree
+	 * development and post-warning case.
 	 */
 	switch (flag) {
 	case TAINT_CRAP:
+	case TAINT_OOT_MODULE:
 	case TAINT_WARN:
 	case TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND:
 		break;


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