From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Nick Bowler <nbowler@elliptictech.com>,
mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl, tglx@linutronix.de, ben@decadent.org.uk,
linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:core/locking] lockdep, bug: Exclude TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND from disabling lockdep
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 17:52:30 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111206175230.2c5b2ea0@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111206174320.GA25031@elte.hu>
> My primary worry is to not have lockdep active when there's
> binary modules in a system - can TAINT_OOT_MODULE be set but
> TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE not set for non-GPL modules?
Yes. I imagine anyone wanting to use lockdep with binary modules
would just lie anyway.
> If not, and if TAINT_OOT_MODULE set and TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE
> cleared guarantees the GPL-ness of the module then i have no
> problem with keeping lockdep active in that case.
Insofar as nobody is making their code line about licenses.
Alan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-12-06 17:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-06 9:38 tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2011-12-06 15:13 ` Nick Bowler
2011-12-06 15:30 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-12-06 15:42 ` Alan Cox
2011-12-06 15:43 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-12-06 17:43 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-12-06 17:52 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2011-12-06 18:13 ` Ingo Molnar
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