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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 1/7] taint: add TAINT_DEBUG for invasive debugging features
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"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> writes:
> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@suse.com>
>
> 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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