[Fwd: Fwd: Re: Why is dynamic debug disabled for staging drivers ?]

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 02:41:59PM -0400, Jason Baron wrote:
> The concern I would have in allowing tainted modules is that we are
> relying on a specific format for the dynamic debug section in the
> compiled module. For example, if a module was built with a format with an old
> section, we could potentially get confused. This can be solved with
> versioning, but that adds extra complexity. We can of course also make
> sure we don't change the format...

I wouldn't worry about that at all.  If you try to load a kernel module
that was not built against the kernel you are running, all bets are off
and lots of bad things can happen in other areas.

> Notice that tracepoints, which also rely on a specific module format,
> also employ a taint flag check.

Ok, but TAINT_CRAP shouldn't be part of that check, right?

thanks,

greg k-h