Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 25 Aug 2016 02:54:21 +0200 (CEST) | From | Jiri Kosina <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] livepatch/module: make TAINT_LIVEPATCH module-specific |
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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 <chuhu@redhat.com> > Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
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 <jkosina@suse.cz>
Thanks,
-- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs
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