linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 1/2] x86, MCE: Do not taint when handling correctable errors

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Date:	Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:55:24 -0700
From:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:	"Chumbalkar, Nagananda" <Nagananda.Chumbalkar@...com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC:	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>, Russ Anderson <rja@....com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	EDAC devel <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/2] x86, MCE: Do not taint when handling correctable
 errors

> Would it be okay to extend this reasoning and also remove the tainting 
> caused by TM1/TM2 thermal events:

Looks good to me - crossing a thermal threshold doesn't sound (by
itself) worthy of a TAINT.  Nothing has been corrupted.

Acked-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
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