linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH ??] Re: incorrect taint of ndiswrapper

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Date:	Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:27:41 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, proski@....org,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, cate@...ian.org,
	gianluca@...networks.biz, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH ??] Re: incorrect taint of ndiswrapper

On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:23:39 +0200 Arjan van de Ven wrote:

> > ---
> > From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
> > 
> > For ndiswrapper and driverloader, don't set the module->taints
> > flags, just set the kernel global tainted flag.
> > This should allow ndiswrapper to continue to use GPL symbols.
> > Not tested.
> 
> 
> can we put something in feature-removal that we'll undo this in say 6
> months?

It's open for discussion AFAIK.

> ndiswrapper is easy to fix to not use the internals of the queue_work
> api, and just use schedule_work() instead. At that time the
> functionality as a whole is still the right one.
> (it's a separate question if ndiswrapper should be in this table;
> driverloader should be, it's non-GPL at all, so that part of your patch
> is broken)

OK, here's the replacement for only ndiswrapper, not driverloader.

---
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>

For ndiswrapper, don't set the module->taints flags,
just set the kernel global tainted flag.
This should allow ndiswrapper to continue to use GPL symbols.
Not tested.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
---
 kernel/module.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- linux-2619-rc3-pv.orig/kernel/module.c
+++ linux-2619-rc3-pv/kernel/module.c
@@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@ static struct module *load_module(void _
 	set_license(mod, get_modinfo(sechdrs, infoindex, "license"));
 
 	if (strcmp(mod->name, "ndiswrapper") == 0)
-		add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
+		add_taint(TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
 	if (strcmp(mod->name, "driverloader") == 0)
 		add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
 
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