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taint/module: Remove unnecessary taint_flag.module field
The TAINT_RANDSTRUCT and TAINT_FWCTL flags are mistakenly set in the taint_flags table as per-module flags. While this can be trivially corrected, the issue can be avoided altogether by removing the taint_flag.module field. This is possible because, since commit 7fd8329 ("taint/module: Clean up global and module taint flags handling") in 2016, the handling of module taint flags has been fully generic. Specifically, module_flags_taint() can print all flags, and the required output buffer size is properly defined in terms of TAINT_FLAGS_COUNT. The actual per-module flags are always those added to module.taints by calls to add_taint_module(). Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Acked-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
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include/linux/panic.h

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@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ static inline void set_arch_panic_timeout(int timeout, int arch_default_timeout)
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struct taint_flag {
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char c_true; /* character printed when tainted */
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char c_false; /* character printed when not tainted */
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bool module; /* also show as a per-module taint flag */
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const char *desc; /* verbose description of the set taint flag */
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};
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kernel/module/main.c

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@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ size_t module_flags_taint(unsigned long taints, char *buf)
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int i;
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for (i = 0; i < TAINT_FLAGS_COUNT; i++) {
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if (taint_flags[i].module && test_bit(i, &taints))
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if (test_bit(i, &taints))
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buf[l++] = taint_flags[i].c_true;
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}
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kernel/panic.c

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@@ -628,44 +628,40 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
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}
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EXPORT_SYMBOL(panic);
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#define TAINT_FLAG(taint, _c_true, _c_false, _module) \
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#define TAINT_FLAG(taint, _c_true, _c_false) \
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[ TAINT_##taint ] = { \
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.c_true = _c_true, .c_false = _c_false, \
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.module = _module, \
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.desc = #taint, \
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}
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/*
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* TAINT_FORCED_RMMOD could be a per-module flag but the module
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* is being removed anyway.
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*
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* NOTE: if you modify the taint_flags or TAINT_FLAGS_COUNT,
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* please also modify tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint and
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* Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst, including its
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* small shell script that prints the TAINT_FLAGS_COUNT bits of
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* /proc/sys/kernel/tainted.
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*/
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const struct taint_flag taint_flags[TAINT_FLAGS_COUNT] = {
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TAINT_FLAG(PROPRIETARY_MODULE, 'P', 'G', true),
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TAINT_FLAG(FORCED_MODULE, 'F', ' ', true),
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TAINT_FLAG(CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC, 'S', ' ', false),
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TAINT_FLAG(FORCED_RMMOD, 'R', ' ', false),
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TAINT_FLAG(MACHINE_CHECK, 'M', ' ', false),
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TAINT_FLAG(BAD_PAGE, 'B', ' ', false),
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TAINT_FLAG(USER, 'U', ' ', false),
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TAINT_FLAG(DIE, 'D', ' ', false),
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TAINT_FLAG(OVERRIDDEN_ACPI_TABLE, 'A', ' ', false),
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TAINT_FLAG(WARN, 'W', ' ', false),
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TAINT_FLAG(CRAP, 'C', ' ', true),
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TAINT_FLAG(FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, 'I', ' ', false),
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TAINT_FLAG(OOT_MODULE, 'O', ' ', true),
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TAINT_FLAG(UNSIGNED_MODULE, 'E', ' ', true),
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TAINT_FLAG(SOFTLOCKUP, 'L', ' ', false),
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TAINT_FLAG(LIVEPATCH, 'K', ' ', true),
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TAINT_FLAG(AUX, 'X', ' ', true),
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TAINT_FLAG(RANDSTRUCT, 'T', ' ', true),
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TAINT_FLAG(TEST, 'N', ' ', true),
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TAINT_FLAG(FWCTL, 'J', ' ', true),
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TAINT_FLAG(PROPRIETARY_MODULE, 'P', 'G'),
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TAINT_FLAG(FORCED_MODULE, 'F', ' '),
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TAINT_FLAG(CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC, 'S', ' '),
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TAINT_FLAG(FORCED_RMMOD, 'R', ' '),
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TAINT_FLAG(MACHINE_CHECK, 'M', ' '),
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TAINT_FLAG(BAD_PAGE, 'B', ' '),
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TAINT_FLAG(USER, 'U', ' '),
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TAINT_FLAG(DIE, 'D', ' '),
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TAINT_FLAG(OVERRIDDEN_ACPI_TABLE, 'A', ' '),
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TAINT_FLAG(WARN, 'W', ' '),
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TAINT_FLAG(CRAP, 'C', ' '),
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TAINT_FLAG(FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, 'I', ' '),
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TAINT_FLAG(OOT_MODULE, 'O', ' '),
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TAINT_FLAG(UNSIGNED_MODULE, 'E', ' '),
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TAINT_FLAG(SOFTLOCKUP, 'L', ' '),
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TAINT_FLAG(LIVEPATCH, 'K', ' '),
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TAINT_FLAG(AUX, 'X', ' '),
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TAINT_FLAG(RANDSTRUCT, 'T', ' '),
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TAINT_FLAG(TEST, 'N', ' '),
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TAINT_FLAG(FWCTL, 'J', ' '),
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};
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#undef TAINT_FLAG

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