Re: [PATCH] livepatch/module: make TAINT_LIVEPATCH module-specific

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On Wed, 24 Aug 2016, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:

> There's no reliable way to determine which module tainted the kernel
> with CONFIG_LIVEPATCH.  For example, /sys/module/<klp module>/taint
> doesn't report it.  Neither does the "mod -t" command in the crash tool.
> 
> Make it crystal clear who the guilty party is by converting
> CONFIG_LIVEPATCH to a module taint flag.
> 
> This changes the behavior a bit: now the the flag gets set when the
> module is loaded, rather than when it's enabled.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Chunyu Hu <chuhu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>

I like this change.

Rusty, in case you're okay with it as well, could you please either 
provide your Ack so that I could take it through livepatching.git? 
Alternatively, if you prefer to merge this through your tree, please feel 
free to add

	Acked-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx>

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs

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