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From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
To: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
	linux-pci <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] panic: Add taint flag TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND ('I')
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:06:50 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1269126410.18314.116.camel@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1269126097.18314.111.camel@localhost>

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This taint flag will initially be used when warning about invalid ACPI
DMAR tables.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
---
 include/linux/kernel.h |    1 +
 kernel/panic.c         |    2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index eaf7221..ab8072b 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ extern enum system_states {
 #define TAINT_OVERRIDDEN_ACPI_TABLE	8
 #define TAINT_WARN			9
 #define TAINT_CRAP			10
+#define TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND	11
 
 extern void dump_stack(void) __cold;
 
diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 8b821bc..e9fa224 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ static const struct tnt tnts[] = {
 	{ TAINT_OVERRIDDEN_ACPI_TABLE,	'A', ' ' },
 	{ TAINT_WARN,			'W', ' ' },
 	{ TAINT_CRAP,			'C', ' ' },
+	{ TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND,	'I', ' ' },
 };
 
 /**
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ static const struct tnt tnts[] = {
  *  'A' - ACPI table overridden.
  *  'W' - Taint on warning.
  *  'C' - modules from drivers/staging are loaded.
+ *  'I' - Firmware workaround was required.
  *
  *	The string is overwritten by the next call to print_tainted().
  */
-- 
1.7.0




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  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-03-20 23:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-03-20 23:01 [PATCH 1/4] pci/dmar: Combine the BIOS DMAR table warning messages Ben Hutchings
2010-03-20 23:05 ` [PATCH 2/4] panic: Allow taint flag for warnings to be changed from TAINT_WARN Ben Hutchings
2010-03-21 19:10   ` Andi Kleen
2010-03-21 19:25     ` Ben Hutchings
2010-03-23  2:47   ` Andrew Morton
2010-03-23 13:20     ` Ben Hutchings
2010-03-23  7:45   ` Paul Mundt
2010-03-23 13:23     ` Ben Hutchings
2010-03-24 11:11   ` Michael Ellerman
2010-03-20 23:06 ` Ben Hutchings [this message]
2010-03-21  1:56   ` [PATCH 3/4] panic: Add taint flag TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND ('I') Randy Dunlap
2010-03-20 23:07 ` [PATCH 4/4] pci/dmar: Tone down warnings about invalid BIOS DMAR tables Ben Hutchings
2010-03-21  8:43   ` David Woodhouse
2010-03-21 14:57     ` Ben Hutchings
2010-03-21 15:57       ` David Woodhouse
2010-03-23  2:46 ` [PATCH 1/4] pci/dmar: Combine the BIOS DMAR table warning messages Andrew Morton

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