Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] module: pull out add_taint_module() to be public

[Bradley Morgan]

On 31 August 2026 12:07:50 BST, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Mon, Aug 31, 2026 at 12:51:46PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>> Other kernel code might want to call add_taint_module() so pull it out
>> and make it global.  If modules are not enabled, this defaults to a call
>> to add_taint(), so all is fine.
>> 
>> Reviewed-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Tested-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  include/linux/module.h | 10 ++++++++++
>>  kernel/module/main.c   | 16 +++++++++++++---
>>  2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
>> index 96cc98568eea..0636e0f2728c 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/module.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/module.h
>> @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
>>  #include <linux/srcu.h>
>>  #include <linux/static_call_types.h>
>>  #include <linux/dynamic_debug.h>
>> +#include <linux/panic.h>
>>  
>>  #include <linux/percpu.h>
>>  #include <asm/module.h>
>> @@ -770,6 +771,9 @@ static inline bool is_livepatch_module(struct module
>*mod)
>>  
>>  void module_for_each_mod(int(*func)(struct module *mod, void *data),
>void *data);
>>  
>> +void add_taint_module(struct module *mod, unsigned flag,
>> +		      enum lockdep_ok lockdep_ok);
>> +
>>  #else /* !CONFIG_MODULES... */
>>  
>>  static inline struct module *__module_address(unsigned long addr)
>> @@ -877,6 +881,12 @@ static inline bool module_is_coming(struct module
>*mod)
>>  static inline void module_for_each_mod(int(*func)(struct module *mod,
>void *data), void *data)
>>  {
>>  }
>> +
>> +static inline void add_taint_module(struct module *mod, unsigned flag,
>> +				    enum lockdep_ok, lockdep_ok)
>
>And this line is wrong, ugh.  I gotta go get sashiko running locally...

Cough cough, Claude code speaking 

>
>There will be a v3 in a few days.
>
>greg k-h

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