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Message-ID: <tip-xopopjjens57r0i13qnyh2yo@git.kernel.org>
Date:	Tue, 6 Dec 2011 01:38:09 -0800
From:	tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu,
	ben@...adent.org.uk
Subject: [tip:core/locking] lockdep, bug: Exclude TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND from disabling lockdep

Commit-ID:  df754e6af2f237a6c020c0daff55a1a609338e31
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/df754e6af2f237a6c020c0daff55a1a609338e31
Author:     Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
AuthorDate: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:13:49 +0100
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 08:16:47 +0100

lockdep, bug: Exclude TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND from disabling lockdep

It's unlikely that TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND causes false
lockdep messages, so do not disable lockdep in that case.
We still want to keep lockdep disabled in the
TAINT_OOT_MODULE case:

  - bin-only modules can cause various instabilities in
    their and in unrelated kernel code

  - they are impossible to debug for kernel developers

  - they also typically do not have the copyright license
    permission to link to the GPL-ed lockdep code.

Suggested-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-xopopjjens57r0i13qnyh2yo@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
---
 kernel/panic.c |   12 ++++++++++--
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index b2659360..1b83fd8 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -240,8 +240,16 @@ void add_taint(unsigned flag)
 	 * Also we want to keep up lockdep for staging development and
 	 * post-warning case.
 	 */
-	if (flag != TAINT_CRAP && flag != TAINT_WARN && __debug_locks_off())
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint\n");
+	switch (flag) {
+	case TAINT_CRAP:
+	case TAINT_WARN:
+	case TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND:
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		if (__debug_locks_off())
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint\n");
+	}
 
 	set_bit(flag, &tainted_mask);
 }
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