linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] module,bug: Add TAINT_OOT_MODULE flag for modules not built in-tree

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Message-ID: <20111024135847.GA26102@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:58:47 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Debian kernel maintainers <debian-kernel@...ts.debian.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module,bug: Add TAINT_OOT_MODULE flag for modules not
 built in-tree

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 03:12:28PM +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote:
 > 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@...adent.org.uk>
 > ---
 > Debian has been carrying this for the last few kernel versions.  The
 > recent thread '[RFC] virtualbox tainting.' and discussions at KS suggest
 > that this might be more generally useful.

Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>

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