From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758772Ab1JGHKq (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Oct 2011 03:10:46 -0400 Received: from wavehammer.waldi.eu.org ([82.139.201.20]:48324 "EHLO wavehammer.waldi.eu.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751212Ab1JGHKp (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Oct 2011 03:10:45 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 427 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Fri, 07 Oct 2011 03:10:44 EDT Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 09:03:32 +0200 From: Bastian Blank To: Greg KH Cc: Dave Jones , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: RFC: virtualbox tainting. Message-ID: <20111007070332.GA13671@wavehammer.waldi.eu.org> Mail-Followup-To: Bastian Blank , Greg KH , Dave Jones , Linux Kernel References: <20111006190526.GA13883@redhat.com> <20111006194432.GA21642@kroah.com> <20111006195007.GA24900@redhat.com> <20111006195824.GA22033@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20111006195824.GA22033@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 12:58:24PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 03:50:07PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > > I feel a bit dirty overloading TAINT_CRAP (even if the name is apropos). > > Should I introduce a TAINT_OUT_OF_TREE perhaps instead ? > We could do that in a "generic" way by setting a "in-tree" flag type > thing for everything that is built from within the kernel build, and > then taint if that flag is not found. Debian uses such a patch[1] since some time. Bastian [1]: http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/kernel/dists/trunk/linux-2.6/debian/patches/debian/module-bug-Add-TAINT_OOT_MODULE-flag.patch?revision=16914&view=markup -- Only a fool fights in a burning house. -- Kank the Klingon, "Day of the Dove", stardate unknown