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    selftest: Taint kernel when test module loaded · 8370b400
    David Gow authored
    Make any kselftest test module (using the kselftest_module framework)
    taint the kernel with TAINT_TEST on module load.
    
    Also mark the module as a test module using MODULE_INFO(test, "Y") so
    that other tools can tell this is a test module. We can't rely solely
    on this, though, as these test modules are also often built-in.
    
    Finally, update the kselftest documentation to mention that the kernel
    should be tainted, and how to do so manually (as below).
    
    Note that several selftests use kernel modules which are not based on
    the kselftest_module framework, and so will not automatically taint the
    kernel.
    
    This can be done in two ways:
    - Moving the module to the tools/testing directory. All modules under
      this directory will taint the kernel.
    - Adding the 'test' module property with:
      MODULE_INFO(test, "Y")
    
    Similarly, selftests which do not load modules into the kernel generally
    should not taint the kernel (or possibly should only do so on failure),
    as it's assumed that testing from user-space should be safe. Regardless,
    they can write to /proc/sys/kernel/tainted if required.
    Reviewed-by: default avatarLuis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
    Acked-by: default avatarBrendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@google.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid Gow <davidgow@google.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarShuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
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