linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv7 1/3] kernel: add TAINT

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1412171505400.24184@pobox.suse.cz>
Date:	Wed, 17 Dec 2014 15:06:18 +0100 (CET)
From:	Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>
To:	Seth Jennings <sjenning@...hat.com>
cc:	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@...e.cz>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.cz>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	live-patching@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, kpatch@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv7 1/3] kernel: add TAINT_LIVEPATCH

On Tue, 16 Dec 2014, Seth Jennings wrote:

> This adds a new taint flag to indicate when the kernel or a kernel
> module has been live patched.  This will provide a clean indication in
> bug reports that live patching was used.
> 
> Additionally, if the crash occurs in a live patched function, the live
> patch module will appear beside the patched function in the backtrace.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Seth Jennings <sjenning@...hat.com>

Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>

Thanks,
--
Miroslav Benes
SUSE Labs
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