Re: [PATCH] module: Enable dynamic debugging regardless of taint
On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:59:33 +0000, Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> Dynamic debugging is currently disabled for tainted modules, except
> for TAINT_CRAP. This prevents use of dynamic debugging for
> out-of-tree modules now that they are also tainted.
>
> This condition was apparently intended to avoid a crash if a force-
> loaded module has an incompatible definition of dynamic debug
> structures. However, a administrator that forces us to load a module
> is claiming that it *is* compatible even though it fails our version
> checks. If they are mistaken, there are any number of ways the module
> could crash the system.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Thanks, applied, unless Mathieu objects...
Cheers,
Rusty.
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