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

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Message-ID: <CABVgOSn-e1rnMG5Syor2CMS0+DOeL-L2SpWRVB7vmMr4sxh4iw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 13:55:06 +0800
From: David Gow <davidgow@...gle.com>
To: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...dia.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...lux.com>, 
	Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>, Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>, 
	Brendan Higgins <brendan.higgins@...ux.dev>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Add detailed explanation for 'N' taint flag

On Thu, 18 Jul 2024 at 04:36, Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...dia.com> wrote:
>
> 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>
> ---

Nice catch, thanks!

Reviewed-by: David Gow <davidgow@...gle.com>

Cheers,
-- David


>  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
>