linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 06/15] taint: Add taint for insecure

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Message-ID: <CALCETrUL0sV3f4z=S0y-fwPE82pp8BTGDGkvi=MPHak8-zwBnQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 31 May 2018 13:25:39 -0700
From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
To:     "Bae, Chang Seok" <chang.seok.bae@...el.com>
Cc:     Andrew Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Metzger, Markus T" <markus.t.metzger@...el.com>,
        "Ravi V. Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 06/15] taint: Add taint for insecure

On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 10:58 AM Chang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@...el.com> wrote:
>
> When adding new feature support, patches need to be
> incrementally applied and tested with temporal parameters.
> For such testing (or root-only) purposes, the new flag
> will serve to tag the kernel taint state properly.

I'm okay with this, I guess, but I'm not at all convinced we need it.