Taint the kernel with TAINT_TEST whenever a test module loads, by adding a new "TEST" module property, and setting it for all modules in the tools/testing directory. This property can also be set manually, for tests which live outside the tools/testing directory with: MODULE_INFO(test, "Y"); Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David Gow <davidgow@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Version 6 of this patch fixes the issue pointed out by Nathan here, whereby the check for the module property was inverted: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kselftest/Ysd9FG1fOSnzKv8d@dev-arch.thelio-3990X/ Changes since v5: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kselftest/20220702040959.3232874-2-davidgow@xxxxxxxxxx/ - Fix the test for the module property being inverted, making this patch do exactly the opposite of what it should. (Thanks Nathan Chancellor) - Revert to using pr_warn(), as we already don't warn if the kernel is tainted, so won't spam the logs. - Add Reviewed-, Acked-by tags. Changes since v4: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kselftest/20220701084744.3002019-2-davidgow@xxxxxxxxxx/ - Use pr_warn_once() to only log a warning the first time a module taints the kernel with TAINT_TEST - Loading lots of test modules is a common usecase, and this would otherwise spam the logs too much. - Thanks Luis. - Remove a superfluous newline (Thanks Greg) - Add Luis' Reviewed-by tag. This patch was new in v4 of the series. --- kernel/module/main.c | 7 +++++++ scripts/mod/modpost.c | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c index fed58d30725d..4723f1316709 100644 --- a/kernel/module/main.c +++ b/kernel/module/main.c @@ -1988,6 +1988,13 @@ static int check_modinfo(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info, int flags) /* Set up license info based on the info section */ set_license(mod, get_modinfo(info, "license")); + if (get_modinfo(info, "test")) { + if (!test_taint(TAINT_TEST)) + pr_warn("%s: loading test module taints kernel.\n", + mod->name); + add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_TEST, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK); + } + return 0; } diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c index 29d5a841e215..5937212b4433 100644 --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c @@ -2191,6 +2191,9 @@ static void add_header(struct buffer *b, struct module *mod) if (strstarts(mod->name, "drivers/staging")) buf_printf(b, "\nMODULE_INFO(staging, \"Y\");\n"); + + if (strstarts(mod->name, "tools/testing")) + buf_printf(b, "\nMODULE_INFO(test, \"Y\");\n"); } static void add_exported_symbols(struct buffer *buf, struct module *mod) -- 2.37.0.rc0.161.g10f37bed90-goog