Re: [RFC PATCH] Fix: module signature vs tracepoints: add new TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE

[Mathieu Desnoyers]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steven Rostedt" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Mathieu Desnoyers" <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Thomas
> Gleixner" <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Rusty Russell" <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "David Howells" <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 12:39:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Fix: module signature vs tracepoints: add new TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
> 
> On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:55:36 +0000 (UTC)
> Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Steven Rostedt" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: "Mathieu Desnoyers" <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Ingo
> > > Molnar" <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Thomas
> > > Gleixner" <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Rusty Russell" <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > > "David Howells" <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>,
> > > "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 10:54:54 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Fix: module signature vs tracepoints: add new
> > > TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
> > > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > (keeping discussion for later, as I'm busy at a client site)
> >  
> > > For now, I'm going to push this in, and also mark it for stable.
> > 
> > Which patch or patches do you plan to pull, and which is marked for stable
> > ?
> 
> The one that I replied to. I can't pull the module patch unless I get
> an ack from Rusty.

Do you mean the internal API semantic change you propose for tracepoints ?
If yes, then how do you consider this a fix worthy of being backported to
stable ?

Thanks,

Mathieu

> 
> > 
> > This thread is a RFC PATCH. I posted a separate more complete patch in
> > a separate thread marked [PATCH].
> 
> Yeah, I'll post it out soon enough.
> 
> -- Steve
> 

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Mathieu Desnoyers
EfficiOS Inc.
http://www.efficios.com
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