Messages in this thread | | | From | "Paul Rolland" <> | Subject | RE: [PATCH] Ban module license tag string termination trick | Date | Fri, 2 Feb 2007 15:53:06 +0100 |
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Hello,
> will be written to the object file will be "license=GPL\0for > nothing\0". > When this is interpreted back again in the kernel module > loader, it is > read as "license=GPL", having circumvented the loading mechanism and > having wrongfully access to GPL symbols. According to Alexey [ > http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/10/27/233 ], LinuxAnt is one vendor to use > this trick.
If that is really one important point, why not simply adding a : MODULE_IS_UNDER_GPL_LICENSE("yes|no") and a MODULE_IS_UNDER_GPL_LIKE_LICENSE("yes|no")
or use 0 and 1 instead of yes and no, and thus clearly avoid all the C string mess ?
Regards, Paul
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