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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH] Fix: module signature vs tracepoints: add new TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
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Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> writes:
> On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 08:27:38 +0100
> Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> * Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Users have reported being unable to trace non-signed modules loaded
>> > within a kernel supporting module signature.
>>
>> External modules should strive to get out of the 'crap' and
>> 'felony law breaker' categories and we should not make it
>> easier for them to linger in a broken state.
>>
>> Nacked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

Well, distributions which sign their modules are sending a pretty strong
"go away" signal already.

I'm ambivalent towards out-of-tree modules, so not tempted unless I see
a bug report indicating a concrete problem. Then we can discuss...

Cheers,
Rusty.


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