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authorSteven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>2012-01-13 21:40:59 -0500
committerSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>2012-01-16 11:35:57 -0500
commitc10076c4304083af15a41f6bc5e657e781c1f9a6 (patch)
tree0a9fd7219177cc3d3cb9afe89fb3931c2fc1defd /kernel/tracepoint.c
parent2e885057b7f75035f0b85e02f737891482815a81 (diff)
tracepoints/module: Fix disabling tracepoints with taint CRAP or OOT
Tracepoints are disabled for tainted modules, which is usually because the module is either proprietary or was forced, and we don't want either of them using kernel tracepoints. But, a module can also be tainted by being in the staging directory or compiled out of tree. Either is fine for use with tracepoints, no need to punish them. I found this out when I noticed that my sample trace event module, when done out of tree, stopped working. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.2 Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> Cc: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> Cc: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/tracepoint.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/tracepoint.c7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/tracepoint.c b/kernel/tracepoint.c
index db110b8ae030..f1539decd99d 100644
--- a/kernel/tracepoint.c
+++ b/kernel/tracepoint.c
@@ -634,10 +634,11 @@ static int tracepoint_module_coming(struct module *mod)
634 int ret = 0; 634 int ret = 0;
635 635
636 /* 636 /*
637 * We skip modules that tain the kernel, especially those with different 637 * We skip modules that taint the kernel, especially those with different
638 * module header (for forced load), to make sure we don't cause a crash. 638 * module headers (for forced load), to make sure we don't cause a crash.
639 * Staging and out-of-tree GPL modules are fine.
639 */ 640 */
640 if (mod->taints) 641 if (mod->taints & ~((1 << TAINT_OOT_MODULE) | (1 << TAINT_CRAP)))
641 return 0; 642 return 0;
642 mutex_lock(&tracepoints_mutex); 643 mutex_lock(&tracepoints_mutex);
643 tp_mod = kmalloc(sizeof(struct tp_module), GFP_KERNEL); 644 tp_mod = kmalloc(sizeof(struct tp_module), GFP_KERNEL);