linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Ban module license tag string termination trick

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Message-Id: <20070202171232.261c4fad.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Date:	Fri, 2 Feb 2007 17:12:32 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
Cc:	Paul Rolland <rol@...917.net>,
	"'Linux Kernel Mailing List'" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"'Andrew Morton'" <akpm@...l.org>,
	"'Jon Masters'" <jonathan@...masters.org>,
	"'Alexey Dobriyan'" <adobriyan@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Ban module license tag string termination trick

On Fri, 2 Feb 2007 20:06:42 +0100 (MET) Jan Engelhardt wrote:

> 
> On Feb 2 2007 09:49, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> >On Fri, 2 Feb 2007 18:41:02 +0100 (MET) Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >> On Feb 2 2007 08:53, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> >> >
> >> >if (MODULE_LICENSE_contains_null(license))
> >> >	printk(KERN_WARNING "this module's license is suspicious\n");
> >> 
> >> Try to code that macro.
> >
> >It's not a macro afaict.
> 
> Whatever, I just want to see how you are going to implement
> MODULE_LICENSE_contains_null.

I was busy on other things this morning (my time).
Now I have looked and I see what you mean.  ;)

I think it's possible, but it requires digging/learning about
Elf headers.

---
~Randy
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