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module: add module taint on ndiswrapper

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The struct module taints member is supposed to store per-module taint
data. The kernel knows about certain specific external modules that will
taint the kernel, such as ndiswrapper. Use of ndiswrapper possibly
should set the per-module taint in addition to the global kernel
taint flag, unless we're arguing not because wrapper module itself
is not what actually causes the kernel to be tainted as such?

Signed-off-by: Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
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Jon Masters 2008-01-21 20:43:41 +00:00 committed by Rusty Russell
parent 8686c99875
commit 0aa5bd52d0
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@ -1916,7 +1916,7 @@ static struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
set_license(mod, get_modinfo(sechdrs, infoindex, "license"));
if (strcmp(mod->name, "ndiswrapper") == 0)
add_taint(TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
if (strcmp(mod->name, "driverloader") == 0)
add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);