Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 2 authors, 2022-05-04

Re: [RESEND PATCH] module: show disallowed symbol name for inherit_taint()

From: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Date: 2022-05-04 20:48:16
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On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 03:36:06PM +0800, Lecopzer Chen wrote:
The error log for inherit_taint() doesn't really help to find the
symbol which violates GPL rules.

For example,
if a module has 300 symbol and includes 50 disallowed symbols,
the log only shows the content below and we have no idea what symbol is.
    AAA: module using GPL-only symbols uses symbols from proprietary module BBB.

It's hard for user who doesn't really know how the symbol was parsing.

This patch add symbol name to tell the offending symbols explicitly.
    AAA: module using GPL-only symbols uses symbols SSS from proprietary module BBB.

Signed-off-by: Lecopzer Chen <redacted>
Thanks, pushed onto modules-testing. If there are no issues I'll
eventually push this onto modules-next.

  Luis
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