UPSTREAM: modules: inherit TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE
If a TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE exports symbol, inherit the taint flag for all modules importing these symbols, and don't allow loading symbols from TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE modules if the module previously imported gplonly symbols. Add a anti-circumvention devices so people don't accidentally get themselves into trouble this way. Comment from Greg: "Ah, the proven-to-be-illegal "GPL Condom" defense :)" Bug: 171277690 [jeyu: pr_info -> pr_err and pr_warn as per discussion] Link: http://lore.kernel.org/r/20200730162957.GA22469@lst.de Acked-by:Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> Reviewed-by:
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by:
Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by:
Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org> (cherry picked from commit 262e6ae7081df304fc625cf368d5c2cbba2bb991) Signed-off-by:
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@google.com> Change-Id: Id7c1af6bb8523bc39bda1efc661929d9ea0ccb20
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