linux-kernel - Re: Allow automatic kernel taint on unsigned module load to be disabled

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Date:   Mon, 14 Aug 2017 12:50:17 -0400
From:   Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...gle.com>
To:     Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Subject: Re: Allow automatic kernel taint on unsigned module load to be disabled

On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 4:43 PM, Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org> wrote:
> I think I'm missing some context here. Could you provide some more
> background and help me understand why we want to go into all this
> trouble just to avoid a taint?  Was there a recent bug report, mailing
> list discussion, etc. that spurred you to write this patch? I'm not
> understanding why this particular taint is undesirable.

Hi Jessica,

Does the version in https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/8/7/764 make this clearer?