On Wed, 24 Aug 2016, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> There's no reliable way to determine which module tainted the kernel
> with CONFIG_LIVEPATCH. For example, /sys/module/<klp module>/taint
> doesn't report it. Neither does the "mod -t" command in the crash tool.
>
> Make it crystal clear who the guilty party is by converting
> CONFIG_LIVEPATCH to a module taint flag.
>
> This changes the behavior a bit: now the the flag gets set when the
> module is loaded, rather than when it's enabled.
>
> Reviewed-by: Chunyu Hu <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]>
I like this change.
Rusty, in case you're okay with it as well, could you please either
provide your Ack so that I could take it through livepatching.git?
Alternatively, if you prefer to merge this through your tree, please feel
free to add
Acked-by: Jiri Kosina <[email protected]>
Thanks,
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Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
