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check_modinfo() actually does two things:
a) sanity checks, some of which are fatal, and so we
prevent the user from completing trying to load a module
b) taints the kernel
The taints are pretty heavy handed because we're tainting the kernel
*before* we ever even get to load the module into the modules linked
list. That is, it it can fail for other reasons later as we review the
module's structure.
But this commit makes no functional changes, it just makes the intent
clearer and splits the code up where needed to make that happen.
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.