Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752563AbaBXDks (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Feb 2014 22:40:48 -0500 Received: from ozlabs.org ([203.10.76.45]:38360 "EHLO ozlabs.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752023AbaBXDkq (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Feb 2014 22:40:46 -0500 From: Rusty Russell To: Xudong Zhang Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, felixmelon@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] There should have a warn/log when out-of-tree module is loaded In-Reply-To: <20140221081330.GA11757@dell-zxd.apac.novell.com> References: <20140221081330.GA11757@dell-zxd.apac.novell.com> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.15.2 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/23.4.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 12:09:23 +1030 Message-ID: <87sir970hg.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Xudong Zhang writes: > I can not get any hint when I found that my kernel is tainted (out of > tree module is loaded). And I checked all loaded and loadable modules > but it showed that all of them are intree modules. > I think we need a warn when out of tree module is loaded. > > Signed-off-by: Xudong Zhang This would be an escalation. This taint only has an effect on oops messages, and /proc/sys/kernel/tainted. Cheers, Rusty. -- 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/