linux-kernel - Re: unexpected taint message

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Message-ID: <4EEB177A.603@broadcom.com>
Date:	Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:03:38 +0100
From:	"Arend van Spriel" <arend@...adcom.com>
To:	"Daniel Baluta" <daniel.baluta@...il.com>
cc:	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: unexpected taint message

On 12/16/2011 10:29 AM, Daniel Baluta wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com> wrote:
>> To whoever may know,
>>
>> Upon loading our driver module I get the following message:
>>
>> kernel: [  344.805106] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
>>
>> What exactly are the criteria for tainting? Our driver locking strategy
>> is something we want to refactor and having lock debugging during that
>> transition may be a life safer.
> 
> Is your driver GPL licensed?
> 
> thanks,
> Daniel.
> 

Not entirely:

MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");

Gr. AvS

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