Yes, I know that usually out-of-tree modules are on their own. However, this one may require a rethink.. (Sorry for not catching this sooner, I hadn't tried to deal with the affected module since this patch hit linux-next in next-20161128) commit 7fd8329ba502ef76dd91db561c7aed696b2c7720 Author: Petr Mladek Date: Wed Sep 21 13:47:22 2016 +0200 taint/module: Clean up global and module taint flags handling Contains this chunk: --- a/include/linux/kernel.h +++ b/include/linux/kernel.h @@ -506,6 +506,15 @@ extern enum system_states { #define TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE 13 #define TAINT_SOFTLOCKUP 14 #define TAINT_LIVEPATCH 15 +#define TAINT_FLAGS_COUNT 16 + +struct taint_flag { + char true; /* character printed when tainted */ + char false; /* character printed when not tainted */ + bool module; /* also show as a per-module taint flag */ +}; and hilarity ensues when an out-of-tree module has this: # ifndef true # define true (1) # endif # ifndef false # define false (0) # endif My proposed fix: change true/false to tainted/untainted. If this is agreeable, I'll code and submit the fix.