linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] panic: Add taint flag TAINT_FIRMWARE

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Date:	Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:56:36 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
CC:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-pci <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] panic: Add taint flag TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND ('I')

On 03/20/10 16:06, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> This taint flag will initially be used when warning about invalid ACPI
> DMAR tables.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
> ---
>  include/linux/kernel.h |    1 +
>  kernel/panic.c         |    2 ++
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
> index eaf7221..ab8072b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kernel.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
> @@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ extern enum system_states {
>  #define TAINT_OVERRIDDEN_ACPI_TABLE	8
>  #define TAINT_WARN			9
>  #define TAINT_CRAP			10
> +#define TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND	11
>  
>  extern void dump_stack(void) __cold;
>  
> diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
> index 8b821bc..e9fa224 100644
> --- a/kernel/panic.c
> +++ b/kernel/panic.c
> @@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ static const struct tnt tnts[] = {
>  	{ TAINT_OVERRIDDEN_ACPI_TABLE,	'A', ' ' },
>  	{ TAINT_WARN,			'W', ' ' },
>  	{ TAINT_CRAP,			'C', ' ' },
> +	{ TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND,	'I', ' ' },
>  };
>  
>  /**
> @@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ static const struct tnt tnts[] = {
>   *  'A' - ACPI table overridden.
>   *  'W' - Taint on warning.
>   *  'C' - modules from drivers/staging are loaded.
> + *  'I' - Firmware workaround was required.
>   *
>   *	The string is overwritten by the next call to print_tainted().
>   */

Please update Documentation/oops-tracing.txt also.

thanks,
-- 
~Randy
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