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SubjectRe: [tip:core/locking] lockdep, bug: Exclude TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND from disabling lockdep

* Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:

> > My primary worry is to not have lockdep active when there's
> > binary modules in a system - can TAINT_OOT_MODULE be set but
> > TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE not set for non-GPL modules?
>
> Yes. I imagine anyone wanting to use lockdep with binary modules
> would just lie anyway.
>
> > If not, and if TAINT_OOT_MODULE set and TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE
> > cleared guarantees the GPL-ness of the module then i have no
> > problem with keeping lockdep active in that case.
>
> Insofar as nobody is making their code line about licenses.

Fair enough - so i agree that we can allow OOT_MODULE's with
lockdep and thus revert the lockdep-disabling effect of:

2449b8ba0745: module,bug: Add TAINT_OOT_MODULE flag for modules not built in-tree

Thanks,

Ingo


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