Use of the GPL or a compatible licence doesn't necessarily make the code any good. We already consider staging modules to be suspect, and this should also be true for out-of-tree modules which may receive very little review.
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> --- Debian has been carrying this for the last few kernel versions. The recent thread '[RFC] virtualbox tainting.' and discussions at KS suggest that this might be more generally useful. Ben. include/linux/kernel.h | 1 + kernel/module.c | 5 +++++ kernel/panic.c | 2 ++ scripts/mod/modpost.c | 7 +++++++ 4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h index 46ac9a5..2c05967 100644 --- a/include/linux/kernel.h +++ b/include/linux/kernel.h @@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ extern enum system_states { #define TAINT_WARN 9 #define TAINT_CRAP 10 #define TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND 11 +#define TAINT_OOT_MODULE 12 extern const char hex_asc[]; #define hex_asc_lo(x) hex_asc[((x) & 0x0f)] diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c index 04379f92..c0872f1 100644 --- a/kernel/module.c +++ b/kernel/module.c @@ -2487,6 +2487,9 @@ static int check_modinfo(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info) return -ENOEXEC; } + if (!get_modinfo(info, "intree")) + add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_OOT_MODULE); + if (get_modinfo(info, "staging")) { add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_CRAP); printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: module is from the staging directory," @@ -3257,6 +3260,8 @@ static char *module_flags(struct module *mod, char *buf) buf[bx++] = '('; if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE)) buf[bx++] = 'P'; + else if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_OOT_MODULE)) + buf[bx++] = 'O'; if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_FORCED_MODULE)) buf[bx++] = 'F'; if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_CRAP)) diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c index d7bb697..b2659360 100644 --- a/kernel/panic.c +++ b/kernel/panic.c @@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ static const struct tnt tnts[] = { { TAINT_WARN, 'W', ' ' }, { TAINT_CRAP, 'C', ' ' }, { TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, 'I', ' ' }, + { TAINT_OOT_MODULE, 'O', ' ' }, }; /** @@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ static const struct tnt tnts[] = { * 'W' - Taint on warning. * 'C' - modules from drivers/staging are loaded. * 'I' - Working around severe firmware bug. + * 'O' - Out-of-tree module has been loaded. * * The string is overwritten by the next call to print_tainted(). */ diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c index a509ff8..2bd594e 100644 --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c @@ -1849,6 +1849,12 @@ static void add_header(struct buffer *b, struct module *mod) buf_printf(b, "};\n"); } +static void add_intree_flag(struct buffer *b, int is_intree) +{ + if (is_intree) + buf_printf(b, "\nMODULE_INFO(intree, \"Y\");\n"); +} + static void add_staging_flag(struct buffer *b, const char *name) { static const char *staging_dir = "drivers/staging"; @@ -2169,6 +2175,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) buf.pos = 0; add_header(&buf, mod); + add_intree_flag(&buf, !external_module); add_staging_flag(&buf, mod->name); err |= add_versions(&buf, mod); add_depends(&buf, mod, modules); -- 1.7.7 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1319461948.31243.31.camel@deadeye