linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add new TAINT_KSPLICE flag for when a Ksplice update has been loaded.

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Date:	Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:46:55 -0400
From:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>
To:	Tim Abbott <tabbott@...lice.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Anders Kaseorg <andersk@...lice.com>,
	Jeffrey B Arnold <jbarnold@...lice.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add new TAINT_KSPLICE flag for when a Ksplice update
 has been loaded.

On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:57:21 -0400 (EDT)
Tim Abbott <tabbott@...lice.com> wrote:

> Distributions and kerneloops.org have requested that the Ksplice
> rebootless update system taint the kernel the first time that a
> Ksplice update is installed, in order to assist with bug triage.
> 
> Ksplice uses a new taint flag, TAINT_KSPLICE, displayed as 'K', for
> this purpose.
> 
> We would like to confirm that this use of taint meets with the
> community's approval and get this taint flag registered in mainline.
> 

How about a more generic taint flag that just says some user program has
patched the running kernel?
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