From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
To: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
linux-pci <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] panic: Add taint flag TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND ('I')
Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2010 19:36:42 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1270319802.12516.323.camel@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1270319696.12516.321.camel@localhost>
This taint flag will initially be used when warning about invalid ACPI
DMAR tables.
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
---
Changes since the previous version:
- Added note to Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
Ben.
Documentation/oops-tracing.txt | 3 +++
include/linux/kernel.h | 1 +
kernel/panic.c | 2 ++
3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
index 069fab3..6fe9001 100644
--- a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
+++ b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
@@ -260,6 +260,9 @@ characters, each representing a particular tainted value.
11: 'C' if a staging driver has been loaded.
+ 12: 'I' if the kernel is working around a severe bug in the platform
+ firmware (BIOS or similar).
+
The primary reason for the 'Tainted: ' string is to tell kernel
debuggers if this is a clean kernel or if anything unusual has
occurred. Tainting is permanent: even if an offending module is
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 7f07074..7f2f7b3 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ extern enum system_states {
#define TAINT_OVERRIDDEN_ACPI_TABLE 8
#define TAINT_WARN 9
#define TAINT_CRAP 10
+#define TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND 11
extern void dump_stack(void) __cold;
diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 8b821bc..dbe13db 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ static const struct tnt tnts[] = {
{ TAINT_OVERRIDDEN_ACPI_TABLE, 'A', ' ' },
{ TAINT_WARN, 'W', ' ' },
{ TAINT_CRAP, 'C', ' ' },
+ { TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, 'I', ' ' },
};
/**
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ static const struct tnt tnts[] = {
* 'A' - ACPI table overridden.
* 'W' - Taint on warning.
* 'C' - modules from drivers/staging are loaded.
+ * 'I' - Working around severe firmware bug.
*
* The string is overwritten by the next call to print_tainted().
*/
--
1.7.0.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-03 18:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-03 18:34 [PATCH 1/4] panic: Allow warnings to set different taint flags Ben Hutchings
2010-04-03 18:34 ` Ben Hutchings
2010-04-03 18:34 ` Ben Hutchings
2010-04-03 18:36 ` Ben Hutchings [this message]
2010-04-05 21:38 ` Helge Deller
2010-04-05 21:38 ` Helge Deller
2010-04-05 21:38 ` Helge Deller
2010-04-05 21:46 ` Paul Mundt
2010-04-05 21:46 ` Paul Mundt
2010-04-05 21:46 ` Paul Mundt
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