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 <proski@gnu.org> Acked-by: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Jon Masters <jonathan@jonmasters.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@ -1933,8 +1933,15 @@ static struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
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/* Set up license info based on the info section */
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set_license(mod, get_modinfo(sechdrs, infoindex, "license"));
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/*
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* ndiswrapper is under GPL by itself, but loads proprietary modules.
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* Don't use add_taint_module(), as it would prevent ndiswrapper from
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* using GPL-only symbols it needs.
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*/
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if (strcmp(mod->name, "ndiswrapper") == 0)
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add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
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add_taint(TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
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/* driverloader was caught wrongly pretending to be under GPL */
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if (strcmp(mod->name, "driverloader") == 0)
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add_taint_module(mod, TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE);
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