Re: [PATCH] lib: asn1_decoder - add MODULE_LICENSE("GPL")

From: David Howells
Date: Wed May 11 2016 - 09:57:07 EST


Tudor Ambarus <tudor-dan.ambarus@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> A kernel taint results when loading the rsa_generic module:
>
> root@(none):~# modprobe rsa_generic
> asn1_decoder: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel.
> Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
>
> "Tainting" of the kernel is (usually) a way of indicating that
> a proprietary module has been inserted, which is not the case here.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor-dan.ambarus@xxxxxxx>

Applied.