Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] taint: add TAINT_DEBUG for invasive debugging features

From: Rusty Russell
Date: Wed Oct 15 2014 - 02:33:26 EST


"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@xxxxxxxx>
>
> At times we may add module parameters or debugging / testing
> kernel features, when enabled though we don't really want
> to be spending time debugging them. Add a taint flag for
> this to avoid spurious bug reports.

The recently introduced KERNEL_PARAM_FL_UNSAFE flag for module
parameters does this explicitly. It uses TAINT_USER, should it use
this instead?

Thanks,
Rusty.
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