I can not get any hint when I found that my kernel is tainted (out of tree module is loaded). And I checked all loaded and loadable modules but it showed that all of them are intree modules. I think we need a warn when out of tree module is loaded.
Signed-off-by: Xudong Zhang <xdzh...@suse.com> --- kernel/module.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c index efa1e60..f80739f 100644 --- a/kernel/module.c +++ b/kernel/module.c @@ -2681,8 +2681,11 @@ static int check_modinfo(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info, int flags) return -ENOEXEC; } - if (!get_modinfo(info, "intree")) + if (!get_modinfo(info, "intree")) { add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK); + pr_warn("%s: out-of-tree module is loaded, kernel tainted.\n", + mod->name); + } if (get_modinfo(info, "staging")) { add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_CRAP, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK); -- 1.8.4.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/