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

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Message-ID: <20111025200455.GA6376@kroah.com>
Date:	Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:04:55 +0200
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Nick Bowler <nbowler@...iptictech.com>
Cc:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.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 Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:51:42PM -0400, Nick Bowler wrote:
> 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.

Yes, that was fixed a few kernel versions ago.

Now you might want to update that fix for the TAINT_OOT_MODULE flag as
well, if you feel it is needed.

greg k-h
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