linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: Mark kernel as tainted on SAE and SError panic

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Message-Id: <175274683701.735514.4319542940682343455.b4-ty@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:46:18 +0100
From: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Robert Moore <robert.moore@...el.com>,
	Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
Cc: catalin.marinas@....com,
	kernel-team@...roid.com,
	Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	acpica-devel@...ts.linux.dev,
	kernel-team@...a.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: Mark kernel as tainted on SAE and SError panic

On Wed, 16 Jul 2025 02:42:01 -0700, Breno Leitao wrote:
> Set TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK when SError or Synchronous External Abort (SEA)
> interrupts trigger a panic to flag potential hardware faults. This
> tainting mechanism aids in debugging and enables correlation of
> hardware-related crashes in large-scale deployments.
> 
> This change aligns with similar patches[1] that mark machine check
> events when the system crashes due to hardware errors.
> 
> [...]

Applied to arm64 (for-next/misc), thanks!

[1/1] arm64: Mark kernel as tainted on SAE and SError panic
      https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/d7ce7e3a8464

Cheers,
-- 
Will

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