From 9b37ccfc637be27d9a652fcedc35e6e782c3aa78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pavel Roskin Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:11:02 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-only symbols A change after 2.6.24 broke ndiswrapper by accidentally removing its access to GPL-only symbols. Revert that change and add comments about the reasons why ndiswrapper and driverloader are treated in a special way. Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin Acked-by: Greg KH Acked-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: Rusty Russell Cc: Jon Masters Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- kernel/module.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c index 901cd6ac2f1..be4807fb90e 100644 --- a/kernel/module.c +++ b/kernel/module.c @@ -1933,8 +1933,15 @@ static struct module *load_module(void __user *umod, /* Set up license info based on the info section */ set_license(mod, get_modinfo(sechdrs, infoindex, "license")); + /* + * ndiswrapper is under GPL by itself, but loads proprietary modules. + * Don't use add_taint_module(), as it would prevent ndiswrapper from + * using GPL-only symbols it needs. + */ if (strcmp(mod->name, "ndiswrapper") == 0) - add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE); + add_taint(TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE); + + /* driverloader was caught wrongly pretending to be under GPL */ if (strcmp(mod->name, "driverloader") == 0) add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);