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Date: Sat, 9 May 2020 21:10:25 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> To: Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>, Rafael Aquini <aquini@...hat.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, kexec@...ts.infradead.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, dyoung@...hat.com, corbet@....net, mcgrof@...nel.org, keescook@...omium.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, cai@....pw, tytso@....edu, bunk@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, labbott@...hat.com, jeffm@...e.com, jikos@...nel.org, jeyu@...e.de, tiwai@...e.de, AnDavis@...e.com, rpalethorpe@...e.de Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] kernel: add panic_on_taint On 5/9/20 7:59 PM, Baoquan He wrote: > Read admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst, but still do not get what 'G' means. I interpret 'G' as GPL (strictly it means that no proprietary module has been loaded). But I don't see why TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE is the only taint flag that has a non-blank c_false character. It could just be blank also AFAICT. Then the 'G' would not be there to confuse us. :) -- ~Randy
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