Bug 1960556
| Summary: | [RHEL 9-beta] How to Prepare for the Upstream Kernel Changes Around Modules | ||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Reporter: | Jaroslav Klech <jklech> |
| Component: | kernel | Assignee: | Don Dutile (Red Hat) <ddutile> |
| kernel sub component: | Other | QA Contact: | Red Hat Kernel QE team <kernel-qe> |
| Status: | CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE | Docs Contact: | Jaroslav Klech <jklech> |
| Severity: | unspecified | ||
| Priority: | unspecified | CC: | ddutile, mfuruta, skozina, zsun |
| Version: | 9.0 | Flags: | pm-rhel:
mirror+
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| Target Milestone: | beta | ||
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | Unspecified | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Enhancement | |
| Doc Text: |
.Kernel changes potentially affecting third party kernel modules
Linux distributions with a kernel version prior to 5.9 supported exporting GPL functions as non-GPL functions. As a result, users could link proprietary functions to GPL kernel functions through the `shim` mechanism.
With this release, the RHEL kernel incorporates upstream changes that enhance the ability of RHEL to enforce GPL by rebuffing `shim`.
IMPORTANT: Partners and independent software vendors (ISVs) should test their kernel modules with an early version of RHEL 9 to ensure their compliance with GPL.
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| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2021-10-27 05:42:39 UTC | Type: | Enhancement |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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Description
Jaroslav Klech
2021-05-14 08:29:38 UTC
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