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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-10-17 09:50:12 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-10-17 09:50:12 -0700
commit26e9a397774a0e94efbb8a0bf4a952c28d808cab (patch)
treefee2211b32a30c71bd22543acb791feeebd91b35 /kernel
parentbdbf0ac7e187b2b757216e653e64f8b808b9077e (diff)
parent99e06e372378c5833a0c60274b645dfb2e4a4b08 (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging-2.6: (25 commits) staging: at76_usb wireless driver Staging: workaround build system bug Staging: Lindent sxg.c Staging: SLICOSS: Call pci_release_regions at driver exit Staging: SLICOSS: Fix remaining type names Staging: SLICOSS: Fix warnings due to static usage Staging: SLICOSS: lots of checkpatch fixes Staging: go7007 v4l fixes Staging: Fix gcc warnings in sxg Staging: add echo cancelation module Staging: add wlan-ng prism2 usb driver Staging: add w35und wifi driver Staging: USB/IP: add host driver Staging: USB/IP: add client driver Staging: USB/IP: add common functions needed Staging: add the go7007 video driver Staging: add me4000 pci data collection driver Staging: add me4000 firmware files Staging: add sxg network driver Staging: add Alacritech slicoss network driver ... Fixed up conflicts due to taint flags changes and MAINTAINERS cleanup in MAINTAINERS, include/linux/kernel.h and kernel/panic.c.
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/module.c11
-rw-r--r--kernel/panic.c2
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index b7205f67cfa..25bc9ac9e22 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1834,6 +1834,7 @@ static noinline struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
Elf_Ehdr *hdr;
Elf_Shdr *sechdrs;
char *secstrings, *args, *modmagic, *strtab = NULL;
+ char *staging;
unsigned int i;
unsigned int symindex = 0;
unsigned int strindex = 0;
@@ -1989,6 +1990,14 @@ static noinline struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
goto free_hdr;
}
+ staging = get_modinfo(sechdrs, infoindex, "staging");
+ if (staging) {
+ add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_CRAP);
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: module is from the staging directory,"
+ " the quality is unknown, you have been warned.\n",
+ mod->name);
+ }
+
/* Now copy in args */
args = strndup_user(uargs, ~0UL >> 1);
if (IS_ERR(args)) {
@@ -2587,6 +2596,8 @@ static char *module_flags(struct module *mod, char *buf)
buf[bx++] = 'P';
if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_FORCED_MODULE))
buf[bx++] = 'F';
+ if (mod->taints & (1 << TAINT_CRAP))
+ buf[bx++] = 'C';
/*
* TAINT_FORCED_RMMOD: could be added.
* TAINT_UNSAFE_SMP, TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK, TAINT_BAD_PAGE don't
diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index f290e8e866f..bda561ef3cd 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ static const struct tnt tnts[] = {
{ TAINT_DIE, 'D', ' ' },
{ TAINT_OVERRIDDEN_ACPI_TABLE, 'A', ' ' },
{ TAINT_WARN, 'W', ' ' },
+ { TAINT_CRAP, 'C', ' ' },
};
/**
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ static const struct tnt tnts[] = {
* 'U' - Userspace-defined naughtiness.
* 'A' - ACPI table overridden.
* 'W' - Taint on warning.
+ * 'C' - modules from drivers/staging are loaded.
*
* The string is overwritten by the next call to print_taint().
*/