linux-kernel - [PATCH] Documentation: Add detailed explanation for 'N' taint flag

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Message-ID: <20240717203521.514348-1-bpoirier@nvidia.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 16:35:21 -0400
From: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...dia.com>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...lux.com>,
	Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
	David Gow <davidgow@...gle.com>,
	Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Brendan Higgins <brendan.higgins@...ux.dev>,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: Add detailed explanation for 'N' taint flag

Every taint flag has an entry in the "More detailed explanation" section
except for the 'N' flag. That omission was probably just an oversight so
add an entry for that flag.

Fixes: 2852ca7fba9f ("panic: Taint kernel if tests are run")
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...dia.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst
index f92551539e8a..700aa72eecb1 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst
@@ -182,3 +182,5 @@ More detailed explanation for tainting
      produce extremely unusual kernel structure layouts (even performance
      pathological ones), which is important to know when debugging. Set at
      build time.
+
+ 18) ``N`` if an in-kernel test, such as a KUnit test, has been run.
-- 
2.45.2