From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:58595 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1764205AbXGRSpN (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:45:13 -0400 Message-ID: <469E5E90.3090702@zytor.com> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:40:16 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [patch 041/234] Report that kernel is tainted if there was an OOPS References: <200707171103.l6HB3gDf013411@imap1.linux-foundation.org> <20070717181003.GA16147@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <469DA543.2030601@openvz.org> <20070718071658.GA30270@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <469DBFA2.7020608@openvz.org> <20070718072858.GB30270@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20070718072858.GB30270@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Russell King Cc: Pavel Emelianov , akpm@linux-foundation.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, randy.dunlap@oracle.com List-ID: 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