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

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Message-ID: <8761o24md5.fsf@rustcorp.com.au>
Date:	Wed, 26 Feb 2014 13:21:50 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	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

Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net> writes:
> Going on a tangent here - our use case is using backported upstream
> kernel modules (https://backports.wiki.kernel.org/) for delivering a
> driver to people who decided that they absolutely need to run with some
> random kernel (e.g. 3.10) but we don't yet support all the driver
> features they want/need in the kernel they picked.

Ah, a user!  See, that's not the "I forgot to sign my modules" case the
others were complaining about.

> We push our code upstream as soon as we can and typically only diverge
> from upstream by a few patches, so saying things like "crap" or "felony
> law breaker" about out-of-tree modules in general makes me furious.

Appreciated and understood.

I have applied Mathieu's patch to my pending tree, with Ingo's Nack
recorded.

Thanks,
Rusty.
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