Re: [PATCH v4 2/4] module: panic: Taint the kernel when selftest modules load

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Jul 01 2022 - 04:56:01 EST


On Fri, Jul 01, 2022 at 04:47:42PM +0800, David Gow wrote:
> Taint the kernel with TAINT_TEST whenever a test module loads, by adding
> a new "TEST" module property, and setting it for all modules in the
> tools/testing directory. This property can also be set manually, for
> tests which live outside the tools/testing directory with:
> MODULE_INFO(test, "Y");
>
> Signed-off-by: David Gow <davidgow@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> This patch is new in v4 of this series.
>
> ---
> kernel/module/main.c | 8 ++++++++
> scripts/mod/modpost.c | 3 +++
> 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
> index fed58d30725d..f2ca0a3ee5e6 100644
> --- a/kernel/module/main.c
> +++ b/kernel/module/main.c
> @@ -1988,6 +1988,14 @@ static int check_modinfo(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info, int flags)
> /* Set up license info based on the info section */
> set_license(mod, get_modinfo(info, "license"));
>
> + if (!get_modinfo(info, "test")) {
> + if (!test_taint(TAINT_TEST))
> + pr_warn("%s: loading test module taints kernel.\n",
> + mod->name);
> + add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_TEST, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK);
> + }
> +
> +

Why 2 blank lines?

thanks,

greg k-h