From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Pavel Emelianov <xemul@openvz.org>,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org,
linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, randy.dunlap@oracle.com
Subject: Re: [patch 041/234] Report that kernel is tainted if there was an OOPS
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:40:16 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <469E5E90.3090702@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070718072858.GB30270@flint.arm.linux.org.uk>
Russell King wrote:
>>>
>> Maybe. But the "tainted" mask is a common way to tell people that the
>> kernel is not clean. Besides, the "D" taint flag and "non-zero" oops
>> counter both mean the same thing, while "D" looks better.
>
> The oops counter provides further (obvious) information.
>
> However, if it's no longer needed due to adding the "D" taint flag, it
> can be removed entirely.
>
I would say there is still a difference between oops [#2] or oops [#697]...
-hpa
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-07-18 18:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-07-17 11:03 [patch 041/234] Report that kernel is tainted if there was an OOPS akpm
2007-07-17 11:42 ` Matthew Wilcox
2007-07-17 18:10 ` Russell King
2007-07-18 5:29 ` Pavel Emelianov
2007-07-18 7:16 ` Russell King
2007-07-18 7:22 ` Pavel Emelianov
2007-07-18 7:28 ` Russell King
2007-07-18 18:40 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
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