From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965187Ab1JFTxx (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Oct 2011 15:53:53 -0400 Received: from lennier.cc.vt.edu ([198.82.162.213]:54426 "EHLO lennier.cc.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S935270Ab1JFTxu (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Oct 2011 15:53:50 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.3-dev To: Dave Jones Cc: Greg KH , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: RFC: virtualbox tainting. In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:50:07 EDT." <20111006195007.GA24900@redhat.com> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <20111006190526.GA13883@redhat.com> <20111006194432.GA21642@kroah.com> <20111006195007.GA24900@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1317930822_2653P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:53:42 -0400 Message-ID: <14371.1317930822@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mirapoint-Received-SPF: 198.82.161.152 auth3.smtp.vt.edu Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu 2 pass X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/50, host=steiner.cc.vt.edu X-Junkmail-Signature-Raw: score=unknown, refid=str=0001.0A02020A.4E8E0747.0059,ss=1,fgs=0, ip=0.0.0.0, so=2010-07-22 22:03:31, dmn=2009-09-10 00:05:08, mode=single engine X-Junkmail-IWF: false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --==_Exmh_1317930822_2653P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:50:07 EDT, Dave Jones said: > I feel a bit dirty overloading TAINT_CRAP (even if the name is apropos). > Should I introduce a TAINT_OUT_OF_TREE perhaps instead ? That would fix my biggest issue with the patch - it's a slippery slope. But if we bite the bullet and go straight to the bottom of the slope with an OUT_OF_TREE taint, I'd be happy with that. Is there a good way to identify at modprobe time if a module is in-tree or out-of-tree? --==_Exmh_1317930822_2653P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFOjgdGcC3lWbTT17ARAk7YAJ498basNslZwB91XrReLDvDB1pIvwCfVt+p oTwBl1xiHVN8DWnZ+AyxB9k= =3fFQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1317930822_2653P--