From: David Howells Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib: asn1_decoder - add MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 14:53:57 +0100 Message-ID: <1963.1462974837@warthog.procyon.org.uk> References: <1461941288-10356-1-git-send-email-tudor-dan.ambarus@nxp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org To: Tudor Ambarus Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1461941288-10356-1-git-send-email-tudor-dan.ambarus@nxp.com> Content-ID: <1962.1462974837.1@warthog.procyon.org.uk> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-crypto.vger.kernel.org Tudor Ambarus wrote: > A kernel taint results when loading the rsa_generic module: > > root@(none):~# modprobe rsa_generic > asn1_decoder: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel. > Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint > > "Tainting" of the kernel is (usually) a way of indicating that > a proprietary module has been inserted, which is not the case here. > > Signed-off-by: Tudor Ambarus Applied.