Re: [PATCH] MODSIGN: Add TAINT_NOKEY_MODULE

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On Monday, January 21, 2013 10:30:22 AM Rusty Russell wrote:
> Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 11:27:27AM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote:
> >  
> >  > taint: add explicit flag to show whether lock dep is still OK.
> >  > 
> >  > Fix up all callers as they were before, with make one change: an
> >  > unsigned module taints the kernel, but doesn't turn off lockdep.
> >  > 
> >  > Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >  
> > This made my brain itch a little until I got to the bottom of the
> > patch and saw the new definition of add_taint.  Perhaps instead of
> > false/true, we have LOCKDEP_LIVES/LOCKDEP_DIES or similar defines
> > to make it clearer what's actually happening without having to
> > go read the function ?
> 
> The reason I didn't do that is because it's theoretically more than
> lockdep: it's anything which relies on kernel integrity.
> 
> Then I got the true/false thing mixed up myself, so I think you're right
> :)
> 
> BTW, ACPI people: those TAINT_OVERRIDDEN_ACPI_TABLE taints were
> disabling lockdep: is that overzealous?

I think so, although it's quite difficult to say what the intention was at
this point.

Thanks,
Rafael


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