linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] kunit: no longer call module

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Date:   Mon, 22 Aug 2022 16:57:29 -0400
From:   Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@...gle.com>
To:     Joe Fradley <joefradley@...gle.com>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Brendan Higgins <brendan.higgins@...ux.dev>,
        David Gow <davidgow@...gle.com>, kernel-team@...roid.com,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, kunit-dev@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] kunit: no longer call module_info(test, "Y") for
 kunit modules

On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 12:49 PM 'Joe Fradley' via KUnit Development
<kunit-dev@...glegroups.com> wrote:
>
> Because KUnit test execution is not a guarantee with the kunit.enable
> parameter we want to be careful to only taint the kernel only if an
> actual test runs. Calling module_info(test, "Y") for every KUnit module
> automatically causes the kernel to be tainted upon module load. Therefore,
> we're removing this call and relying on the KUnit framework to taint the
> kernel or not.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Fradley <joefradley@...gle.com>

Reviewed-by: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@...gle.com>