linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] taint: add TAINT_DEBUG for invasive debugging features

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Message-ID: <87d29tc2ut.fsf@rustcorp.com.au>
Date:	Wed, 15 Oct 2014 16:05:06 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...not-panic.com>,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, dmitry.torokhov@...il.com,
	tiwai@...e.de, tj@...nel.org, arjan@...ux.intel.com
Cc:	teg@...m.no, rmilasan@...e.com, werner@...e.com, oleg@...hat.com,
	hare@...e.com, bpoirier@...e.de, santosh@...lsio.com,
	pmladek@...e.cz, dbueso@...e.com, mcgrof@...e.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] taint: add TAINT_DEBUG for invasive debugging features

"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...not-panic.com> writes:
> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...e.com>
>
> At times we may add module parameters or debugging / testing
> kernel features, when enabled though we don't really want
> to be spending time debugging them. Add a taint flag for
> this to avoid spurious bug reports.

The recently introduced KERNEL_PARAM_FL_UNSAFE flag for module
parameters does this explicitly.  It uses TAINT_USER, should it use
this instead?

Thanks,
Rusty.
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