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From: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>
To: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>, intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH igt] igt: Add a test to precheck status of kernel taints
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 17:33:10 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bmnmdvix.fsf@nikula.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <150245743773.23791.14995561922863507578@mail.alporthouse.com>

On Fri, 11 Aug 2017, Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> wrote:
> Quoting Jani Nikula (2017-08-11 14:15:50)
>> On Fri, 11 Aug 2017, Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> wrote:
>> > Many times an error may occur before the start of igt, leaving the
>> > system in a less-than-optimal debugging state (e.g. an oops turning off
>> > lockdep). Flag such occasions by checking /proc/sys/kernel/tainted.
>> 
>> Hmm, which flag is set for unsafe module params?
>
> That is
>
> 	CHECK(6, "Tainted by user request", WARN);
>
> I left it as WARN because imo we shouldn't be using those to drive
> tests.

Agreed... but i915.alpha_support, i915.inject_load_failure, what else?

BR,
Jani.


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      reply	other threads:[~2017-08-11 14:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-08-11 12:46 [PATCH igt] igt: Add a test to precheck status of kernel taints Chris Wilson
2017-08-11 13:15 ` ✓ Fi.CI.BAT: success for " Patchwork
2017-08-11 13:15 ` [PATCH igt] " Jani Nikula
2017-08-11 13:17   ` Chris Wilson
2017-08-11 14:33     ` Jani Nikula [this message]

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