Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] module: pull out add_taint_module() to be public

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Mon, Aug 31, 2026 at 12:14:17PM +0100, Bradley Morgan wrote:
> On 31 August 2026 12:07:50 BST, Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >On Mon, Aug 31, 2026 at 12:51:46PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> >> 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)
> >
> >And this line is wrong, ugh.  I gotta go get sashiko running locally...
> 
> Cough cough, Claude code speaking 

Nope, no claude running here at all, sorry to burst your bubble.  If I
had, it would have caught this :)

greg k-h