On Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 03:36:41PM +0200, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2026 at 11:19:32AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > Other kernel code might want to call add_taint_module() so pull it out
> > and make it global.  If modules are not enabled, this defaults to a call
> > to add_taint(), so all is fine.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
> 
> > -static inline void add_taint_module(struct module *mod, unsigned flag,
> > -                               enum lockdep_ok lockdep_ok)
> > +/**
> > + * add_taint_module: add a taint flag if not already set for a specific 
> > module
> > + * @mod: pointer to the module that caused the problem
> > + * @flag: one of the TAINT_* constants.
> > + * @lockdep_ok: whether lock debugging is still OK.
> > + *
> > + * If something bad has gone wrong, you'll want @lockdebug_ok = false, but 
> > for
> > + * some noteworthy-but-not-corrupting cases, it can be set to true.
> > + */
> > +void add_taint_module(struct module *mod, unsigned flag,
> > +                 enum lockdep_ok lockdep_ok)
> >  {
> >     add_taint(flag, lockdep_ok);
> 
> >     set_bit(flag, &mod->taints);
> 
> As has been pointed out, this crashes with built-in drivers. If you go
> with a simple mod NULL check before this call (and updated kernel-doc)
> you can add my:

Yeah, I've fixed this locally and will be resolved in v2.

> Reviewed-by: Johan Hovold <[email protected]>
> Tested-by: Johan Hovold <[email protected]>

Thanks!

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