linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] of: unittest: taint the kernel when of unittest runs

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Message-ID: <20220825185911.GA1498335-robh@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 25 Aug 2022 13:59:11 -0500
From:   Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To:     frowand.list@...il.com
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] of: unittest: taint the kernel when of unittest runs

On Tue, 23 Aug 2022 15:01:52 -0500, frowand.list@...il.com wrote:
> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@...y.com>
> 
> Make OF unittest trigger the new TAINT_TEST taint when OF unittest runs.
> Due to OF unittest not being intended to run on production systems, and
> potentially causing problems (or security issues like leaking kernel
> addresses), the kernel's state should not be considered safe for
> production use after OF unittest runs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@...y.com>
> ---
> 
> Follow the precedent set by KUnit tests in v6.0-rc1:
>   commit c272612cb4a2 ("kunit: Taint the kernel when KUnit tests are run")
>   commit 2852ca7fba9f ("panic: Taint kernel if tests are run")
> 
>  drivers/of/unittest.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 

Applied, thanks!