Re: [PATCH v4] Add TAINT_HARDWARE_UNSUPPORTED flag

[Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 02:58:12PM -0400, Don Zickus wrote:
> This patch reserves taint bits for distributions to use as they seem fit
> without the fear of them being stepped up in future kernels.
> 
> V4:  just reserve the bits

Any acks or naks on this version of the patch?

Cheers,
Don

> 
> Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
> 
> ---
> 
> Not sure if this is sufficient for reserving or if there is some other code
> I have to add elsewhere too.
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
> index cc5e3ff..c7b9e2c 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kernel.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
> @@ -347,6 +347,11 @@ extern enum system_states {
>  #define TAINT_WARN			9
>  #define TAINT_CRAP			10
>  #define TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND	11
> +/* Reserving bits for vendor specific uses */
> +#define TAINT_RESERVED28		28
> +#define TAINT_RESERVED29		29
> +#define TAINT_RESERVED30		30
> +#define TAINT_RESERVED31		31
>  
>  extern void dump_stack(void) __cold;
>