linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] taint: add module firmware crash taint support

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Date:   Fri, 8 May 2020 13:16:04 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] taint: add module firmware crash taint support

On Fri, May 08, 2020 at 02:14:38AM +0000, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> Device driver firmware can crash, and sometimes, this can leave your
> system in a state which makes the device or subsystem completely
> useless. Detecting this by inspecting /proc/sys/kernel/tainted instead
> of scraping some magical words from the kernel log, which is driver
> specific, is much easier. So instead provide a helper which lets drivers
> annotate this.
> 
> Once this happens, scrapers can easily scrape modules taint flags.
> This will taint both the kernel and respective calling module.
> 
> The new helper module_firmware_crashed() uses LOCKDEP_STILL_OK as
> this fact should in no way shape or form affect lockdep. This taint
> is device driver specific.

...

> +++ b/include/trace/events/module.h
> @@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ struct module;
>  	{ (1UL << TAINT_OOT_MODULE),		"O" },		\
>  	{ (1UL << TAINT_FORCED_MODULE),		"F" },		\
>  	{ (1UL << TAINT_CRAP),			"C" },		\
> -	{ (1UL << TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE),	"E" })
> +	{ (1UL << TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE),	"E" },		\
> +	{ (1UL << TAINT_FIRMWARE_CRASH),	"Q" })

Perhaps split out the closing parenthesis to avoid changing additional line in
the future?

>  TRACE_EVENT(module_load,

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko