On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:30:58 +0000, Ben Hutchings <[email protected]> wrote: > We do want to allow lock debugging for GPL-compatible modules that are > not (yet) built in-tree. This was disabled as a side-effect of commit > 2449b8ba0745327c5fa49a8d9acffe03b2eded69 ('module,bug: Add > TAINT_OOT_MODULE flag for modules not built in-tree'). Lock debug > warnings now include taint flags, so kernel developers should still > be able to deflect warnings caused by out-of-tree modules. > > The TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE flag for non-GPL-compatible modules will > still disable lock debugging. > > Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <[email protected]>
Meh. Disabling lock debugging was always a weird thing to do, IMHO. Taint flags should be used for warnings to developers, not these strange side-effects. Cheers, Rusty. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
