Summary of modules changes for the 5.9 merge window:
- Have modules that use symbols from proprietary modules inherit the
TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE taint, in an effort to prevent GPL shim modules that
are used to circumvent _GPL exports. These are modules that claim to be GPL
licensed while also using symbols from proprietary modules. Such modules will
be rejected while non-GPL modules will inherit the proprietary taint.
- Module export space cleanup. Unexport symbols that are unused outside of
module.c or otherwise used in only built-in code.
Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>
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Merge tag 'modules-for-v5.9' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeyu/linux
Pull module updates from Jessica Yu:
"The most important change would be Christoph Hellwig's patch
implementing proprietary taint inheritance, in an effort to discourage
the creation of GPL "shim" modules that interface between GPL symbols
and proprietary symbols.
Summary:
- Have modules that use symbols from proprietary modules inherit the
TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE taint, in an effort to prevent GPL shim
modules that are used to circumvent _GPL exports. These are modules
that claim to be GPL licensed while also using symbols from
proprietary modules. Such modules will be rejected while non-GPL
modules will inherit the proprietary taint.
- Module export space cleanup. Unexport symbols that are unused
outside of module.c or otherwise used in only built-in code"
* tag 'modules-for-v5.9' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeyu/linux:
modules: inherit TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE
modules: return licensing information from find_symbol
modules: rename the licence field in struct symsearch to license
modules: unexport __module_address
modules: unexport __module_text_address
modules: mark each_symbol_section static
modules: mark find_symbol static
modules: mark ref_module static
modules: linux/moduleparam.h: drop duplicated word in a comment
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