Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751703AbaBNDcm (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Feb 2014 22:32:42 -0500 Received: from mail.efficios.com ([78.47.125.74]:39880 "EHLO mail.efficios.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751050AbaBNDck (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Feb 2014 22:32:40 -0500 Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 03:32:42 +0000 (UTC) From: Mathieu Desnoyers To: Steven Rostedt Cc: Rusty Russell , Ingo Molnar , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar , Thomas Gleixner , David Howells , Greg Kroah-Hartman Message-ID: <67409022.24778.1392348762048.JavaMail.zimbra@efficios.com> In-Reply-To: <20140213162431.2f312c71@gandalf.local.home> References: <1392074600-21977-1-git-send-email-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> <20140211072738.GA24232@gmail.com> <20140211234534.6bc34e57@gandalf.local.home> <877g8zg0ed.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> <20140213161156.3548df43@gandalf.local.home> <20140213162431.2f312c71@gandalf.local.home> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Fix: module signature vs tracepoints: add new TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [206.248.138.119] X-Mailer: Zimbra 8.0.5_GA_5839 (ZimbraWebClient - FF27 (Linux)/8.0.5_GA_5839) Thread-Topic: module signature vs tracepoints: add new TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE Thread-Index: v+lD9cutPnEgFthan2C0E4ZqnglwuA== Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steven Rostedt" > To: "Steven Rostedt" > Cc: "Rusty Russell" , "Ingo Molnar" , "Mathieu Desnoyers" > , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Ingo Molnar" , "Thomas Gleixner" > , "David Howells" , "Greg Kroah-Hartman" > Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 4:24:31 PM > Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Fix: module signature vs tracepoints: add new TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE > > On Thu, 13 Feb 2014 16:11:56 -0500 > Steven Rostedt wrote: > > > Although, is "N" the best letter to use for this taint? Not sure, but > > everything else I can think of looks to be already taken. Maybe "X"? > > You know. When you sign your name and don't know how to spell it, you > > just simply use an "X". :-) > > I actually think "X" is appropriate. You want signed modules, but the > module being loaded doesn't know how to sign its name, so we simply use > an "X" for it (in the taint flag). I like the "X" idea :) Will prepare an updated patch with it. Thanks, Mathieu -- Mathieu Desnoyers EfficiOS Inc. http://www.efficios.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/