linux-kernel - Re: taint/module: Clean up global and module taint flags handling

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Date:   Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:45:57 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To:     Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com>
cc:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        live-patching@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: taint/module: Clean up global and module taint flags handling

On Fri, 23 Sep 2016, Jessica Yu wrote:

> Hm, quick question, which tree would this patch go to? Though the 
> cleanup is for modules, there is an indirect cross-tree dependency 
> (taint_flag.module needs to be true for TAINT_LIVEPATCH for Josh's patch 
> to still work as intended). The least complicated thing to do would be 
> to just take this through the livepatch tree (with Rusty's approval 
> :-)), no?

That'd be my preference, given there would be an Ack from Rusty coming.

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs