From: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>
To: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Cc: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>, Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>,
Alistair John Strachan <s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk>,
Kenneth W <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel BUG at mm/rmap.c:491
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 21:45:34 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200511252145.35342.kernel@kolivas.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0511251040460.5479@goblin.wat.veritas.com>
On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 21:43, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Nov 2005, Con Kolivas wrote:
> > Would anyone object to changing it so that tainted only means Proprietary
> > taint and use a different keyword for GPL tainting such as "Corrupted"?
>
> I don't see the point. The system is in a dubious state, tainted is
> the word we've been using for that, the flags indicate what's suspect,
> why play with the wording further?
I was simply thinking of us confused users. No good reason otherwise.
Cheers,
Con
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From: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>
To: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Cc: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>, Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>,
Alistair John Strachan <s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk>,
Kenneth W <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel BUG at mm/rmap.c:491
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 21:45:34 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200511252145.35342.kernel@kolivas.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0511251040460.5479@goblin.wat.veritas.com>
On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 21:43, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Nov 2005, Con Kolivas wrote:
> > Would anyone object to changing it so that tainted only means Proprietary
> > taint and use a different keyword for GPL tainting such as "Corrupted"?
>
> I don't see the point. The system is in a dubious state, tainted is
> the word we've been using for that, the flags indicate what's suspect,
> why play with the wording further?
I was simply thinking of us confused users. No good reason otherwise.
Cheers,
Con
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Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-23 22:56 Kernel BUG at mm/rmap.c:491 Chen, Kenneth W
2005-11-23 22:56 ` Chen, Kenneth W
2005-11-23 23:24 ` Con Kolivas
2005-11-23 23:24 ` Con Kolivas
2005-11-23 23:33 ` Chen, Kenneth W
2005-11-23 23:33 ` Chen, Kenneth W
2005-11-23 23:35 ` Con Kolivas
2005-11-23 23:35 ` Con Kolivas
2005-11-23 23:38 ` Alistair John Strachan
2005-11-23 23:38 ` Alistair John Strachan
2005-11-23 23:40 ` Con Kolivas
2005-11-24 4:38 ` Dave Jones
2005-11-24 4:38 ` Dave Jones
2005-11-23 23:36 ` Randy.Dunlap
2005-11-23 23:36 ` Randy.Dunlap
2005-11-23 23:39 ` Randy.Dunlap
2005-11-23 23:39 ` Randy.Dunlap
2005-11-23 23:35 ` Alistair John Strachan
2005-11-23 23:35 ` Alistair John Strachan
2005-11-24 4:40 ` Dave Jones
2005-11-24 4:40 ` Dave Jones
2005-11-24 5:34 ` Lee Revell
2005-11-24 5:34 ` Lee Revell
2005-11-24 18:08 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2005-11-24 18:08 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2005-11-24 6:57 ` Alistair John Strachan
2005-11-24 6:57 ` Alistair John Strachan
2005-11-24 7:50 ` Hugh Dickins
2005-11-24 7:50 ` Hugh Dickins
2005-11-24 11:33 ` Lee Revell
2005-11-24 11:33 ` Lee Revell
2005-11-24 18:59 ` Dave Jones
2005-11-24 18:59 ` Dave Jones
2005-11-24 23:47 ` Keith Owens
2005-11-24 23:47 ` Keith Owens
2005-11-24 23:50 ` Con Kolivas
2005-11-24 23:50 ` Con Kolivas
2005-11-25 10:43 ` Hugh Dickins
2005-11-25 10:43 ` Hugh Dickins
2005-11-25 10:45 ` Con Kolivas [this message]
2005-11-25 10:45 ` Con Kolivas
2005-11-24 8:04 ` Hugh Dickins
2005-11-24 8:04 ` Hugh Dickins
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