[PATCH v2 1/2] module: pull out add_taint_module() to be public
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Aug 31 2026 - 06:56:08 EST
Other kernel code might want to call add_taint_module() so pull it out
and make it global. If modules are not enabled, this defaults to a call
to add_taint(), so all is fine.
Reviewed-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/module.h | 10 ++++++++++
kernel/module/main.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index 96cc98568eea..0636e0f2728c 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
#include <linux/srcu.h>
#include <linux/static_call_types.h>
#include <linux/dynamic_debug.h>
+#include <linux/panic.h>
#include <linux/percpu.h>
#include <asm/module.h>
@@ -770,6 +771,9 @@ static inline bool is_livepatch_module(struct module *mod)
void module_for_each_mod(int(*func)(struct module *mod, void *data), void *data);
+void add_taint_module(struct module *mod, unsigned flag,
+ enum lockdep_ok lockdep_ok);
+
#else /* !CONFIG_MODULES... */
static inline struct module *__module_address(unsigned long addr)
@@ -877,6 +881,12 @@ static inline bool module_is_coming(struct module *mod)
static inline void module_for_each_mod(int(*func)(struct module *mod, void *data), void *data)
{
}
+
+static inline void add_taint_module(struct module *mod, unsigned flag,
+ enum lockdep_ok, lockdep_ok)
+{
+ add_taint(flag, lockdep_ok);
+}
#endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
index d0e1e0bd2ad0..444d990c9983 100644
--- a/kernel/module/main.c
+++ b/kernel/module/main.c
@@ -191,11 +191,21 @@ static inline int strong_try_module_get(struct module *mod)
return -ENOENT;
}
-static inline void add_taint_module(struct module *mod, unsigned flag,
- enum lockdep_ok lockdep_ok)
+/**
+ * add_taint_module: add a taint flag if not already set for a specific module
+ * @mod: pointer to the module that caused the problem
+ * @flag: one of the TAINT_* constants.
+ * @lockdep_ok: whether lock debugging is still OK.
+ *
+ * If something bad has gone wrong, you'll want @lockdebug_ok = false, but for
+ * some noteworthy-but-not-corrupting cases, it can be set to true.
+ */
+void add_taint_module(struct module *mod, unsigned flag,
+ enum lockdep_ok lockdep_ok)
{
add_taint(flag, lockdep_ok);
- set_bit(flag, &mod->taints);
+ if (mod)
+ set_bit(flag, &mod->taints);
}
/*
--
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