Re: pkcs7_message: taint, no license

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Wed Nov 08 2017 - 11:44:16 EST


On 11/08/2017 05:01 AM, David Howells wrote:
> Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> [74785.692410] pkcs7_message: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel.
>> [74785.692414] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
>
> Are you particularly using the pkcs#7 parser as a module? I wonder if it
> makes most sense to make this and the X.509 options 'bool' rather than
> 'tristate'.

Yes, it's built as a loadable module.
'bool' would certainly prevent that.

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~Randy