Nothing major: support for compressing modules, and auto-tainting params.

Cheers,
 Rusty.
 PS.  My virtio-next tree is empty: DaveM took the patches I had.  There might
      be a virtio-rng starvation fix, but so far it's a bit voodoo so I will
      get to that in the next two days or it will wait.
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Merge tag 'modules-next-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux

Pull module update from Rusty Russell:
 "Nothing major: support for compressing modules, and auto-tainting
  params.

  PS. My virtio-next tree is empty: DaveM took the patches I had.  There
      might be a virtio-rng starvation fix, but so far it's a bit voodoo
      so I will get to that in the next two days or it will wait"

* tag 'modules-next-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux:
  moduleparam: Resolve missing-field-initializer warning
  kbuild: handle module compression while running 'make modules_install'.
  modinst: wrap long lines in order to enhance cmd_modules_install
  modsign: lookup lines ending in .ko in .mod files
  modpost: simplify file name generation of *.mod.c files
  modpost: reduce visibility of symbols and constify r/o arrays
  param: check for tainting before calling set op.
  drm/i915: taint the kernel if unsafe module parameters are set
  module: add module_param_unsafe and module_param_named_unsafe
  module: make it possible to have unsafe, tainting module params
  module: rename KERNEL_PARAM_FL_NOARG to avoid confusion
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@ -1919,6 +1919,49 @@ config MODULE_SIG_HASH
default "sha384" if MODULE_SIG_SHA384
default "sha512" if MODULE_SIG_SHA512
config MODULE_COMPRESS
bool "Compress modules on installation"
depends on MODULES
help
This option compresses the kernel modules when 'make
modules_install' is run.
The modules will be compressed either using gzip or xz depend on the
choice made in "Compression algorithm".
module-init-tools has support for gzip format while kmod handle gzip
and xz compressed modules.
When a kernel module is installed from outside of the main kernel
source and uses the Kbuild system for installing modules then that
kernel module will also be compressed when it is installed.
This option provides little benefit when the modules are to be used inside
an initrd or initramfs, it generally is more efficient to compress the whole
initrd or initramfs instead.
This is fully compatible with signed modules while the signed module is
compressed. module-init-tools or kmod handles decompression and provide to
other layer the uncompressed but signed payload.
choice
prompt "Compression algorithm"
depends on MODULE_COMPRESS
default MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP
help
This determines which sort of compression will be used during
'make modules_install'.
GZIP (default) and XZ are supported.
config MODULE_COMPRESS_GZIP
bool "GZIP"
config MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ
bool "XZ"
endchoice
endif # MODULES
config INIT_ALL_POSSIBLE