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

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Message-ID: <20111025165142.GA25354@elliptictech.com>
Date:	Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:51:42 -0400
From:	Nick Bowler <nbowler@...iptictech.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Debian kernel maintainers <debian-kernel@...ts.debian.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module,bug: Add TAINT_OOT_MODULE flag for modules not
 built in-tree

On 2011-10-25 18:05 +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-10-25 at 11:38 -0400, Nick Bowler wrote:
> > This patch prevents the use of lockdep for debugging out of tree
> > modules, which is rather mean.
> 
> It was already disabled for staging modules, which seems equally
> unhelpful.

This is not the case: lockdep works fine with staging modules.

Cheers,
-- 
Nick Bowler, Elliptic Technologies (http://www.elliptictech.com/)
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