Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 26 Aug 2016 11:05:44 +0200 (CEST) | From | Miroslav Benes <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] livepatch/module: make TAINT_LIVEPATCH module-specific |
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On Thu, 25 Aug 2016, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> There's no reliable way to determine which module tainted the kernel > with TAINT_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 associating > TAINT_LIVEPATCH with any module which sets the "livepatch" modinfo > attribute. The flag will still get set in the kernel like before, but > now it also sets the same flag in mod->taint. > > Note that now the taint flag gets set when the module is loaded rather > than when it's enabled. > > I also renamed find_livepatch_modinfo() to check_modinfo_livepatch() to > better reflect its purpose: it's basically a livepatch-specific > sub-function of check_modinfo(). > > Reported-by: Chunyu Hu <chuhu@redhat.com> > Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Miroslav
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