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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-04-06 18:38:07 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-04-06 18:38:07 +0200
commit6f4c98e1c22c28e00b8f050cce895a6b74db15d1 (patch)
treeb00da8b3367c6f3d0f74f44b8c4092a7b7cbbe18 /Documentation
parentMerge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cmetcalf/linux-tile (diff)
parentstaging: fix up speakup kobject mode (diff)
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Merge tag 'modules-next-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux
Pull module updates from Rusty Russell: "Nothing major: the stricter permissions checking for sysfs broke a staging driver; fix included. Greg KH said he'd take the patch but hadn't as the merge window opened, so it's included here to avoid breaking build" * tag 'modules-next-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux: staging: fix up speakup kobject mode Use 'E' instead of 'X' for unsigned module taint flag. VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS: stricter checking for sysfs perms. kallsyms: fix percpu vars on x86-64 with relocation. kallsyms: generalize address range checking module: LLVMLinux: Remove unused function warning from __param_check macro Fix: module signature vs tracepoints: add new TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE module: remove MODULE_GENERIC_TABLE module: allow multiple calls to MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() per module module: use pr_cont
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/module-signing.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/oops-tracing.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt2
4 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module
index 47064c2b1f79..0aac02e7fb0e 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-module
@@ -49,3 +49,4 @@ Description: Module taint flags:
O - out-of-tree module
F - force-loaded module
C - staging driver module
+ E - unsigned module
diff --git a/Documentation/module-signing.txt b/Documentation/module-signing.txt
index 09b583e38907..09c2382ad055 100644
--- a/Documentation/module-signing.txt
+++ b/Documentation/module-signing.txt
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ This has a number of options available:
If this is off (ie. "permissive"), then modules for which the key is not
available and modules that are unsigned are permitted, but the kernel will
- be marked as being tainted.
+ be marked as being tainted, and the concerned modules will be marked as
+ tainted, shown with the character 'E'.
If this is on (ie. "restrictive"), only modules that have a valid
signature that can be verified by a public key in the kernel's possession
diff --git a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
index 13032c0140d4..e3155995ddd8 100644
--- a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
+++ b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
@@ -265,6 +265,9 @@ characters, each representing a particular tainted value.
13: 'O' if an externally-built ("out-of-tree") module has been loaded.
+ 14: 'E' if an unsigned module has been loaded in a kernel supporting
+ module signature.
+
The primary reason for the 'Tainted: ' string is to tell kernel
debuggers if this is a clean kernel or if anything unusual has
occurred. Tainting is permanent: even if an offending module is
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index ec8be46bf48d..271a09db6629 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -785,6 +785,8 @@ can be ORed together:
1024 - A module from drivers/staging was loaded.
2048 - The system is working around a severe firmware bug.
4096 - An out-of-tree module has been loaded.
+8192 - An unsigned module has been loaded in a kernel supporting module
+ signature.
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