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

[David Gow]

On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 4:55 PM Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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

Whoops: not sure where those came from. I've removed the extra newline
locally: it'll be gone in the next revision.

Cheers,
-- David

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