Re: [PATCH] module,bug: Add TAINT_OOT_MODULE flag for modules notbuilt in-tree

[Dave Jones]

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 03:12:28PM +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote:
 > Use of the GPL or a compatible licence doesn't necessarily make the code
 > any good.  We already consider staging modules to be suspect, and this
 > should also be true for out-of-tree modules which may receive very
 > little review.
 > 
 > Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 > ---
 > Debian has been carrying this for the last few kernel versions.  The
 > recent thread '[RFC] virtualbox tainting.' and discussions at KS suggest
 > that this might be more generally useful.

Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx>

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