linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Document kernel taint flags properly

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Date:	Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:40:18 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
Cc:	mtk.manpages@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document kernel taint flags properly

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 02:37:52PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 03:51:11AM -0500, Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> >   
> >> Greg,
> >>
> >> Small corrections below.
> >>
> >> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> wrote:
> >>     
> >>> From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
> >>>
> >>> This fills in the documentation for all of the current kernel taint
> >>> flags, and fixes the number for TAINT_CRAP, which was incorrectly
> >>> described.
> >>>
> >>> Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
> >>> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
> >>>
> >>> ---
> >>>  Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt |   24 +++++++++++++++++-------
> >>>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>> --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
> >>> +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
> >>> @@ -363,11 +363,21 @@ tainted:
> >>>  Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted.  Numeric values, which
> >>>  can be ORed together:
> >>>
> >>> -  1 - A module with a non-GPL license has been loaded, this
> >>> -      includes modules with no license.
> >>> -      Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools.
> >>> -  2 - A module was force loaded by insmod -f.
> >>> -      Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools.
> >>> -  4 - Unsafe SMP processors: SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP.
> >>> - 64 - A module from drivers/staging was loaded.
> >>> +   1 - A module with a non-GPL license has been loaded, this
> >>> +       includes modules with no license.
> >>> +       Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools.
> >>> +   2 - A module was force loaded by insmod -f.
> >>> +       Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools.
> >>> +   4 - Unsafe SMP processors: SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP.
> >>> +   8 - A module was forcefully unloaded from the system by rmmod -f.
> >>>       
> >> s/forcefully/forcibly/
> >>
> >>     
> >>> +  16 - A hardware machine check error occured on the system.
> >>>       
> >> occurred
> >>     
> >
> > Thanks, I've updated this in my version.
> >
> > Randy, I can send this through my tree, is that ok?  Or do you want it
> > to go through yours?
> >   
> You please go ahead with it.

Will do.

thanks,

greg k-h
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