Re: taint/module: Clean up global and module taint flags handling

From: Jiri Kosina
Date: Wed Oct 26 2016 - 04:17:53 EST


On Wed, 26 Oct 2016, Rusty Russell wrote:

> >> Hm, quick question, which tree would this patch go to? Though the
> >> cleanup is for modules, there is an indirect cross-tree dependency
> >> (taint_flag.module needs to be true for TAINT_LIVEPATCH for Josh's
> >> patch to still work as intended). The least complicated thing to do
> >> would be to just take this through the livepatch tree (with Rusty's
> >> approval :-)), no?
> >
> > I don't want to be sneaking this behind Rusty's back, but he hasn't
> > reposnded so far.
>
> I finally side-stepped this by appointing Jessica maintainer, thus her
> Reviewed-by is sufficient for the module tree.

Awesome! :)

> Lazy, huh?

Laziness has always been the main power behind all the progress of the
mankind :P

Jessica, do you want me to take the patch through livepatching tree still,
or would you route it yourself now?

Thanks,

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Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs