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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 1/7] taint: add TAINT_DEBUG for invasive debugging features
On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 04:05:06PM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote:
> "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?

Absolutely, dropped my taint thing in favor of this, thanks.

Luis


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