linux-kernel - [PATCH] Give the OID registry file module info to avoid kernel tainting

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Message-ID: <20130503193832.8586.96066.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 03 May 2013 20:38:32 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Weston.Adamson@...app.com, Trond.Myklebust@...app.com
Cc:	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Give the OID registry file module info to avoid kernel
 tainting

Give the OID registry file module information so that it doesn't taint the
kernel when compiled as a module and loaded.

Reported-by: Dros Adamson <Weston.Adamson@...app.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
cc: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
cc: linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org
---

 lib/oid_registry.c |    5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/oid_registry.c b/lib/oid_registry.c
index d8de11f..318f382 100644
--- a/lib/oid_registry.c
+++ b/lib/oid_registry.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  * 2 of the Licence, or (at your option) any later version.
  */
 
+#include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/oid_registry.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
@@ -16,6 +17,10 @@
 #include <linux/bug.h>
 #include "oid_registry_data.c"
 
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("OID Registry");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Red Hat, Inc.");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+
 /**
  * look_up_OID - Find an OID registration for the specified data
  * @data: Binary representation of the OID

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