linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] Fix: module signature vs tracepoints: add new TAINT_UNSIGNED

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Date:	Mon, 24 Feb 2014 13:25:38 -0500
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Fix: module signature vs tracepoints: add new
 TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE

On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 17:58:18 +0000 (UTC)
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com> wrote:


> > The one that I replied to. I can't pull the module patch unless I get
> > an ack from Rusty.
> 
> Do you mean the internal API semantic change you propose for tracepoints ?
> If yes, then how do you consider this a fix worthy of being backported to
> stable ?
> 

Actually, for now, I'm going to just add a nasty warning when a module
fails to load the tracepoints. At least that should notify people that
what went wrong.

-- Steve
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