Re: [PATCH] Linux Kernel Markers Support for Proprierary Modules

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To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...>

Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...>, <Valdis.Kletnieks@...>, Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@...>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...>, Rusty Russell <rusty@...>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...>

Subject: Re: [PATCH] Linux Kernel Markers Support for Proprierary Modules

Date: Friday, January 25, 2008 - 11:31 am

On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 08:56 +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:

quoted text> So what is needed is an Oops with an explaining message
> if (kernel_tainted) "blame that proprietary module first",
> and make sure the user sees that oops even if in X.

The former is actually trivially doable with the module->taints bits. We
could have the equivalent of a neon flashing "blame this module" sign.

I also agree, we should stop force loading. Incompatible struct module,
etc. are really bad things to have mapped into a running kernel.

Jon.

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CONFIG_MARKERS, Jon Masters, (Tue Jan 22, 3:13 pm)

Re: CONFIG_MARKERS, Frank Ch. Eigler, (Tue Jan 22, 11:00 pm)

Re: CONFIG_MARKERS, Mathieu Desnoyers, (Tue Jan 22, 11:10 pm)

Re: CONFIG_MARKERS, Jon Masters, (Wed Jan 23, 12:17 am)

Re: CONFIG_MARKERS, Frank Ch. Eigler, (Wed Jan 23, 9:14 am)

Re: CONFIG_MARKERS, Mathieu Desnoyers, (Wed Jan 23, 10:48 am)

Re: CONFIG_MARKERS, , (Thu Jan 24, 1:25 am)

Re: CONFIG_MARKERS, Jon Masters, (Thu Jan 24, 2:19 am)

[PATCH] Linux Kernel Markers Support for Proprierary Modules, Mathieu Desnoyers, (Thu Jan 24, 8:47 am)

Re: [PATCH] Linux Kernel Markers Support for Proprierary Mod..., Jan Engelhardt, (Fri Jan 25, 3:56 am)

Re: [PATCH] Linux Kernel Markers Support for Proprierary Mod..., Jon Masters, (Fri Jan 25, 11:31 am)

Re: [PATCH] Linux Kernel Markers Support for Proprierary Mod..., Rusty Russell, (Fri Jan 25, 11:27 pm)

Re: [PATCH] Linux Kernel Markers Support for Proprierary Mod..., Jon Masters, (Sat Jan 26, 12:21 am)

Re: [PATCH] Linux Kernel Markers Support for Proprierary Mod..., Jan Engelhardt, (Sun Jan 27, 6:48 am)

Re: [PATCH] Linux Kernel Markers Support for Proprierary Mod..., Jan Engelhardt, (Fri Jan 25, 12:01 pm)

Re: [PATCH] Linux Kernel Markers Support for Proprierary Mod..., , (Fri Jan 25, 4:03 am)

Re: [PATCH] Linux Kernel Markers Support for Proprierary Mod..., Alan Cox, (Fri Jan 25, 12:32 pm)

Re: [PATCH] Linux Kernel Markers Support for Proprierary Mod..., Rusty Russell, (Thu Jan 24, 9:27 pm)

Re: [PATCH] Linux Kernel Markers Support for Proprierary Mod..., Jon Masters, (Thu Jan 24, 4:35 pm)

Re: [PATCH] Linux Kernel Markers Support for Proprierary Mod..., , (Thu Jan 24, 2:27 pm)

Re: CONFIG_MARKERS, Mathieu Desnoyers, (Wed Jan 23, 11:01 am)

Re: CONFIG_MARKERS, Jon Masters, (Wed Jan 23, 12:33 pm)

Re: CONFIG_MARKERS, Mathieu Desnoyers, (Wed Jan 23, 1:11 pm)


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