linux-kernel - [ 109/115] Give the OID registry file module info to avoid kernel tainting

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Message-Id: <20130506203106.762487438@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:	Mon,  6 May 2013 13:45:45 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Dros Adamson <Weston.Adamson@...app.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [ 109/115] Give the OID registry file module info to avoid kernel tainting

3.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>

commit 9e6879460c8edb0cd3c24c09b83d06541b5af0dc upstream.

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>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

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

--- 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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