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SubjectRe: [PATCH] module: log OOT_MODULE tainting
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On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 14:58:51 +0100 (CET), Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> wrote:
> Follow what we do with other taints and output a message into kernel ring
> buffer once tainting a kernel because out-of-tree module is being loaded.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>

I don't like this, actually. There's a wish among some distributions to
know that OOT modules are in use in panic messages, but not by others.
Certainly, there's no reason to warn the user.

Thanks,
Rusty.


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