Re: [PATCH] Ban module license tag string termination trick

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Fri Feb 02 2007 - 20:18:41 EST


On Fri, 2 Feb 2007 20:06:42 +0100 (MET) Jan Engelhardt wrote:

>
> On Feb 2 2007 09:49, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> >On Fri, 2 Feb 2007 18:41:02 +0100 (MET) Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >> On Feb 2 2007 08:53, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> >> >
> >> >if (MODULE_LICENSE_contains_null(license))
> >> > printk(KERN_WARNING "this module's license is suspicious\n");
> >>
> >> Try to code that macro.
> >
> >It's not a macro afaict.
>
> Whatever, I just want to see how you are going to implement
> MODULE_LICENSE_contains_null.

I was busy on other things this morning (my time).
Now I have looked and I see what you mean. ;)

I think it's possible, but it requires digging/learning about
Elf headers.

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~Randy
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