Re: [PATCH ??] Re: incorrect taint of ndiswrapper

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Florin Malita wrote:
Andrew Morton wrote:
On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:27:41 -0700
Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> wrote:
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
---
 kernel/module.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- linux-2619-rc3-pv.orig/kernel/module.c
+++ linux-2619-rc3-pv/kernel/module.c
@@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@ static struct module *load_module(void _
 	set_license(mod, get_modinfo(sechdrs, infoindex, "license"));
if (strcmp(mod->name, "ndiswrapper") == 0)
-		add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
+		add_taint(TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
 	if (strcmp(mod->name, "driverloader") == 0)
 		add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
Could someone please test this for us?

Tested, works (ndiswrapper 1.27).

Thanks.

Also, since driverloader is not GPL-compatible (MODULE_LICENSE("see
LICENSE file; Copyright (c)2003-2004 Linuxant inc.")), that check is
redundant. How about removing it (applies on top of Randy's patch)?

I agree.

Signed-off-by: Florin Malita <[email protected]>
---

 module.c |    2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 67009bd..293eb4c 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1719,8 +1719,6 @@ #endif
if (strcmp(mod->name, "ndiswrapper") == 0)
 		add_taint(TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
-	if (strcmp(mod->name, "driverloader") == 0)
-		add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
/* Set up MODINFO_ATTR fields */
 	setup_modinfo(mod, sechdrs, infoindex);




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~Randy
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