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From: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@redhat.com>
To: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>, Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	jeyu@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-modules@vger.kernel.org, atomlin@atomlin.com,
	ghalat@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] module: Introduce module unload taint tracking
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2021 11:58:28 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211221115828.cnuazprjdgfpebag@ava.usersys.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Ybdj1EDnMSl2NLab@alley>

On Mon 2021-12-13 16:16 +0100, Petr Mladek wrote:
> > I'm not so sure about this. We could gather such details already via Ftrace
> > (e.g. see load_module()). Personally, I'd prefer to maintain a simple list.
> 
> Fair enough. It was just an idea. Simple list is a good start. We
> could always add more details if people find it useful.

Indeed we could.

> Also we should keep in mind that the default panic() message should
> be reasonably short. Only the last lines might be visible on screen.
> Serial consoles might be really slow.

Absolutely, I agree. This feature should be entirely optional. In fact, it
is likely only useful while reviewing the data via /proc/vmcore given the
potential amount of data generated, in addition to that seen in
panic_print_sys_info(), when explicitly enabled.


Kind regards,

-- 
Aaron Tomlin


  reply	other threads:[~2021-12-21 11:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-11-24 17:33 [RFC PATCH] module: Introduce module unload taint tracking Aaron Tomlin
2021-12-08 20:47 ` Luis Chamberlain
2021-12-09 16:49   ` Aaron Tomlin
2021-12-09 23:42     ` Luis Chamberlain
2021-12-10 10:00       ` Petr Mladek
2021-12-10 16:09         ` Aaron Tomlin
2021-12-10 17:09           ` Luis Chamberlain
2021-12-13 15:16           ` Petr Mladek
2021-12-21 11:58             ` Aaron Tomlin [this message]
2021-12-10 17:03         ` Luis Chamberlain
2021-12-10 15:48       ` Aaron Tomlin
2021-12-28 21:30       ` [RFC PATCH 00/12] module: core code clean up Aaron Tomlin
2021-12-28 21:30         ` [RFC PATCH 01/12] module: Move all into module/ Aaron Tomlin
2021-12-28 21:30         ` [RFC PATCH 02/12] module: Simple refactor in preparation for split Aaron Tomlin
2021-12-28 21:30         ` [RFC PATCH 03/12] module: Move livepatch support to a separate file Aaron Tomlin
2021-12-28 21:30         ` [RFC PATCH 04/12] module: Move latched RB-tree " Aaron Tomlin
2021-12-28 21:30         ` [RFC PATCH 05/12] module: Move arch strict rwx " Aaron Tomlin
2022-01-12 16:13           ` Luis Chamberlain
2021-12-28 21:30         ` [RFC PATCH 06/12] module: Move " Aaron Tomlin
2021-12-28 21:30         ` [RFC PATCH 07/12] module: Move extra signature support out of core code Aaron Tomlin
2021-12-28 21:30         ` [RFC PATCH 08/12] module: Move kmemleak support to a separate file Aaron Tomlin
2021-12-28 21:30         ` [RFC PATCH 09/12] module: Move kallsyms support into " Aaron Tomlin
2021-12-28 21:30         ` [RFC PATCH 10/12] module: Move procfs " Aaron Tomlin
2021-12-28 21:30         ` [RFC PATCH 11/12] module: Move sysfs " Aaron Tomlin
2022-01-12 16:20           ` Luis Chamberlain
2021-12-28 21:30         ` [RFC PATCH 12/12] module: Move kdb_modules list out of core code Aaron Tomlin
2021-12-29  8:58         ` [RFC PATCH 00/12] module: core code clean up Aaron Tomlin
2022-01-12 16:21         ` Luis Chamberlain
2021-12-13 13:00     ` [RFC PATCH] module: Introduce module unload taint tracking Allen
2021-12-20 19:23       ` Luis Chamberlain
2021-12-21 11:44       ` Aaron Tomlin

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