Re: [RFC] [PATCH] make add_taint() inline

[Randy.Dunlap]

On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 12:44:34 -0700 Andrew Morton wrote:

> donate <donate@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > From: donate <donate@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Who is this?

Just some little mistake that I have since corrected.
Sorry about that.

> > From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> >  add_taint() is a trivial function.
> >  No need to call it out-of-line, just make it inline and
> >  remove its export.
> 
> Well, presumably add_taint() was exported to modules for a reason.  If that
> reason was valid then this patch requires that `tainted' be exported to
> modules too.  And that allows naughty modules to trivially zero it out.

Got it, thanks.  That's why it said [RFC].

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~Randy
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