linux-kernel - what is the rationale for "TAINT

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0710120801380.20049@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:04:20 -0400 (EDT)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: what is the rationale for "TAINT_USER"?


  i can see what the theoretical purpose for it is here:

http://kerneltrap.org/node/6656

but it's not clear how it can possibly be set from userland given
that:

$ grep -r TAINT_USER *
include/linux/kernel.h:#define TAINT_USER                       (1<<6)
kernel/panic.c:                 tainted & TAINT_USER ? 'U' : ' ',
$

  am i missing something screamingly obvious?

rday
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