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Linus Torvalds 826e4506a0 Make forced module loading optional
The kernel module loader used to be much too happy to allow loading of
modules for the wrong kernel version by default.  For example, if you
had MODVERSIONS enabled, but tried to load a module with no version
info, it would happily load it and taint the kernel - whether it was
likely to actually work or not!

Generally, such forced module loading should be considered a really
really bad idea, so make it conditional on a new config option
(MODULE_FORCE_LOAD), and make it default to off.

If somebody really wants to force module loads, that's their problem,
but we should not encourage it.  Especially as it happened to me by
mistake (ie regular unversioned Fedora modules getting loaded) causing
lots of strange behavior.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-05-04 17:04:16 -07:00
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irq genirq: reenable a nobody cared disabled irq when a new driver arrives 2008-05-02 13:40:34 +02:00
power Merge branches 'release', 'acpica', 'bugzilla-10224', 'bugzilla-9772', 'bugzilla-9916', 'ec', 'eeepc', 'idle', 'misc', 'pm-legacy', 'sysfs-links-2.6.26', 'thermal', 'thinkpad' and 'video' into release 2008-04-30 13:58:00 -04:00
time clocksource: allow read access to available/current_clocksource 2008-05-03 18:11:48 +02:00
.gitignore Update kernel/.gitignore with new auto-generated files 2008-02-09 23:27:01 -08:00
Kconfig.hz sched: high-res preemption tick 2008-01-25 21:08:29 +01:00
Kconfig.preempt rcu: move PREEMPT_RCU config option back under PREEMPT 2008-03-10 18:01:20 -07:00
Makefile sysctl: allow embedded targets to disable sysctl_check.c 2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
acct.c bsd_acct: using task_struct->tgid is not right in pid-namespaces 2008-03-24 19:22:20 -07:00
audit.c [patch 2/2] Use find_task_by_vpid in audit code 2008-04-28 06:28:30 -04:00
audit.h [PATCH 1/2] audit: move extern declarations to audit.h 2008-04-28 06:28:04 -04:00
audit_tree.c Introduce path_put() 2008-02-14 21:13:33 -08:00
auditfilter.c Merge branch 'audit.b50' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/audit-current 2008-04-29 11:41:22 -07:00
auditsc.c [PATCH] new predicate - AUDIT_FILETYPE 2008-04-28 06:28:37 -04:00
backtracetest.c x86: add a simple backtrace test module 2008-01-30 13:33:08 +01:00
bounds.c Add kbuild.h that contains common definitions for kbuild users 2008-04-29 08:06:29 -07:00
capability.c Add 64-bit capability support to the kernel 2008-02-05 09:44:20 -08:00
cgroup.c mm: bdi: add separate writeback accounting capability 2008-04-30 08:29:50 -07:00
cgroup_debug.c CGroup API files: move "releasable" to cgroup_debug subsystem 2008-04-29 08:06:09 -07:00
compat.c ntp: support for TAI 2008-05-01 08:03:59 -07:00
configs.c kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation 2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
cpu.c kernel: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-30 08:29:54 -07:00
cpuset.c Cpuset hardwall flag: add a mem_hardwall flag to cpusets 2008-04-29 08:06:11 -07:00
delayacct.c Add scaled time to taskstats based process accounting 2007-10-18 14:37:28 -07:00
dma.c kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation 2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
exec_domain.c whitespace fixes: execution domains 2007-10-18 14:37:26 -07:00
exit.c [PATCH] split linux/file.h 2008-05-01 13:08:16 -04:00
extable.c module: Don't report discarded init pages as kernel text. 2008-01-29 17:13:18 +11:00
fork.c [PATCH] split linux/file.h 2008-05-01 13:08:16 -04:00
futex.c add hrtimer specific debugobjects code 2008-04-30 08:29:53 -07:00
futex_compat.c futex_compat __user annotation 2008-03-30 14:18:41 -07:00
hrtimer.c hrtimer: remove duplicate helper function 2008-05-03 18:11:48 +02:00
itimer.c ITIMER_REAL: convert to use struct pid 2008-02-08 09:22:29 -08:00
kallsyms.c kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation 2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
kexec.c kexec: make extended crashkernel= syntax less confusing 2008-05-01 08:04:00 -07:00
kfifo.c is_power_of_2: kernel/kfifo.c 2007-07-16 09:05:50 -07:00
kgdb.c kgdb: always use icache flush for sw breakpoints 2008-04-17 20:05:43 +02:00
kmod.c [PATCH] split linux/file.h 2008-05-01 13:08:16 -04:00
kprobes.c kprobes: add (un)register_jprobes for batch registration 2008-04-28 08:58:32 -07:00
ksysfs.c Kobject: convert remaining kobject_unregister() to kobject_put() 2008-01-24 20:40:40 -08:00
kthread.c Deprecate find_task_by_pid() 2008-04-30 08:29:48 -07:00
latencytop.c kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation 2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
lockdep.c Subject: lockdep: include all lock classes in all_lock_classes 2008-02-25 23:03:02 +01:00
lockdep_internals.h [PATCH] lockdep: more chains 2006-12-07 08:39:43 -08:00
lockdep_proc.c kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation 2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
marker.c make marker_debug static 2008-04-30 08:29:49 -07:00
module.c Make forced module loading optional 2008-05-04 17:04:16 -07:00
mutex-debug.c kernel: remove fastcall in kernel/* 2008-02-08 09:22:31 -08:00
mutex-debug.h
mutex.c kernel: remove fastcall in kernel/* 2008-02-08 09:22:31 -08:00
mutex.h
notifier.c ipc: re-enable msgmni automatic recomputing msgmni if set to negative 2008-04-29 08:06:13 -07:00
ns_cgroup.c cgroups: kernel/ns_cgroup.c should #include <linux/nsproxy.h> 2008-04-29 08:06:07 -07:00
nsproxy.c ipc: sysvsem: refuse clone(CLONE_SYSVSEM|CLONE_NEWIPC) 2008-04-29 08:06:14 -07:00
panic.c Taint kernel after WARN_ON(condition) 2008-04-29 08:05:59 -07:00
params.c Add new string functions strict_strto* and convert kernel params to use them 2008-02-08 09:22:41 -08:00
pid.c pids: introduce change_pid() helper 2008-04-30 08:29:48 -07:00
pid_namespace.c pidns: make pid->level and pid_ns->level unsigned 2008-04-30 08:29:49 -07:00
pm_qos_params.c pm qos infrastructure and interface 2008-02-05 09:44:22 -08:00
posix-cpu-timers.c remove div_long_long_rem 2008-05-01 08:03:58 -07:00
posix-timers.c signals: join send_sigqueue() with send_group_sigqueue() 2008-04-30 08:29:36 -07:00
printk.c printk: don't read beyond string arguments' terminating zero 2008-04-30 08:29:52 -07:00
profile.c kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation 2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
ptrace.c make generic sys_ptrace unconditional 2008-05-01 10:21:54 -07:00
rcuclassic.c Preempt-RCU: implementation 2008-01-25 21:08:24 +01:00
rcupdate.c rcupdate: fix comment 2008-02-13 16:21:18 -08:00
rcupreempt.c generic: reduce stack pressure in sched_affinity 2008-04-19 19:44:59 +02:00
rcupreempt_trace.c Preempt-RCU: implementation 2008-01-25 21:08:24 +01:00
rcutorture.c kernel: explicitly include required header files under kernel/ 2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
relay.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2008-04-29 08:18:03 -07:00
res_counter.c memcgroup: add the max_usage member on the res_counter 2008-04-29 08:06:10 -07:00
resource.c kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation 2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
rtmutex-debug.c Don't operate with pid_t in rtmutex tester 2008-02-08 09:22:41 -08:00
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c Driver core: change sysdev classes to use dynamic kobject names 2008-01-24 20:40:40 -08:00
rtmutex.c hrtimer: more hrtimer_init_sleeper() fallout. 2008-02-13 15:45:36 +01:00
rtmutex.h
rtmutex_common.h Don't operate with pid_t in rtmutex tester 2008-02-08 09:22:41 -08:00
rwsem.c sched: mark rwsem functions as __sched for wchan/profiling 2007-12-18 15:21:13 +01:00
sched.c rename div64_64 to div64_u64 2008-05-01 08:03:58 -07:00
sched_debug.c rename div64_64 to div64_u64 2008-05-01 08:03:58 -07:00
sched_fair.c sched: debug: show a weight tree 2008-04-19 19:45:00 +02:00
sched_features.h sched: /debug/sched_features 2008-04-19 19:45:00 +02:00
sched_idletask.c sched: high-res preemption tick 2008-01-25 21:08:29 +01:00
sched_rt.c sched: rt-group: optimize dequeue_rt_stack 2008-04-19 19:45:00 +02:00
sched_stats.h cpumask: use new cpus_scnprintf function 2008-04-19 19:44:59 +02:00
seccomp.c make seccomp zerocost in schedule 2007-07-16 09:05:50 -07:00
semaphore.c Improve semaphore documentation 2008-04-17 10:43:01 -04:00
signal.c signals: add set_restore_sigmask 2008-04-30 08:29:37 -07:00
softirq.c Fix cpu hotplug problem in softirq code 2008-05-01 08:03:58 -07:00
softlockup.c softlockup: fix task state setting 2008-02-29 18:46:53 +01:00
spinlock.c spinlock: lockbreak cleanup 2008-01-30 13:31:20 +01:00
srcu.c make srcu_readers_active() static 2008-02-06 10:41:02 -08:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/juhl/trivial 2008-04-21 16:36:46 -07:00
sys.c pids: sys_getpgid: fix unsafe *pid usage, s/tasklist/rcu/ 2008-04-30 08:29:49 -07:00
sys_ni.c timerfd: new timerfd API 2008-02-05 09:44:07 -08:00
sysctl.c sysctl: add the ->permissions callback on the ctl_table_root 2008-04-29 08:06:23 -07:00
sysctl_check.c constify tables in kernel/sysctl_check.c 2008-02-08 09:22:31 -08:00
taskstats.c Use find_task_by_vpid in taskstats 2008-04-30 08:29:48 -07:00
test_kprobes.c kprobes: kretprobe user entry-handler 2008-02-06 10:41:11 -08:00
time.c Make constants in kernel/timeconst.h fixed 64 bits 2008-05-02 16:18:42 -07:00
timeconst.pl Make constants in kernel/timeconst.h fixed 64 bits 2008-05-02 16:18:42 -07:00
timer.c debugobjects: add timer specific object debugging code 2008-04-30 08:29:53 -07:00
tsacct.c Add scaled time to taskstats based process accounting 2007-10-18 14:37:28 -07:00
uid16.c asmlinkage_protect replaces prevent_tail_call 2008-04-10 17:28:26 -07:00
user.c alloc_uid: cleanup 2008-04-30 08:29:53 -07:00
user_namespace.c eCryptfs: make key module subsystem respect namespaces 2008-04-29 08:06:07 -07:00
utsname.c kernel: explicitly include required header files under kernel/ 2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
utsname_sysctl.c Isolate the UTS namespace's domainname and hostname back 2007-11-29 09:24:53 -08:00
wait.c kernel: remove fastcall in kernel/* 2008-02-08 09:22:31 -08:00
workqueue.c workqueue: remove redundant function invocation 2008-05-01 08:04:02 -07:00