From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933062AbcEKN5D (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 May 2016 09:57:03 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:59907 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932725AbcEKNyE (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 May 2016 09:54:04 -0400 Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd. Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SI4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 3798903 From: David Howells In-Reply-To: <1461941288-10356-1-git-send-email-tudor-dan.ambarus@nxp.com> References: <1461941288-10356-1-git-send-email-tudor-dan.ambarus@nxp.com> To: Tudor Ambarus Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib: asn1_decoder - add MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <1962.1462974837.1@warthog.procyon.org.uk> Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 14:53:57 +0100 Message-ID: <1963.1462974837@warthog.procyon.org.uk> X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.30]); Wed, 11 May 2016 13:53:59 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Tudor Ambarus wrote: > A kernel taint results when loading the rsa_generic module: > > root@(none):~# modprobe rsa_generic > asn1_decoder: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel. > Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint > > "Tainting" of the kernel is (usually) a way of indicating that > a proprietary module has been inserted, which is not the case here. > > Signed-off-by: Tudor Ambarus Applied.