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From: Seth Jennings <sjenning@redhat.com>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>,
	Seth Jennings <sjenning@redhat.com>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>, Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.cz>, Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>,
	live-patching@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, kpatch@redhat.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCHv2 1/3] kernel: add TAINT_LIVEPATCH
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 19:29:22 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1416187764-3341-2-git-send-email-sjenning@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1416187764-3341-1-git-send-email-sjenning@redhat.com>

This adds a new taint flag to indicate when the kernel or a kernel
module has been live patched.  This will provide a clean indication in
bug reports that live patching was used.

Additionally, if the crash occurs in a live patched function, the live
patch module will appear beside the patched function in the backtrace.

Signed-off-by: Seth Jennings <sjenning@redhat.com>
---
 Documentation/oops-tracing.txt  | 2 ++
 Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 1 +
 include/linux/kernel.h          | 1 +
 kernel/panic.c                  | 2 ++
 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
index beefb9f..f3ac05c 100644
--- a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
+++ b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt
@@ -270,6 +270,8 @@ characters, each representing a particular tainted value.
 
  15: 'L' if a soft lockup has previously occurred on the system.
 
+ 16: 'K' if the kernel has been live patched.
+
 The primary reason for the 'Tainted: ' string is to tell kernel
 debuggers if this is a clean kernel or if anything unusual has
 occurred.  Tainting is permanent: even if an offending module is
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 75511ef..83ab256 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -843,6 +843,7 @@ can be ORed together:
 8192 - An unsigned module has been loaded in a kernel supporting module
        signature.
 16384 - A soft lockup has previously occurred on the system.
+32768 - The kernel has been live patched.
 
 ==============================================================
 
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 5449d2f..d03e3de 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -471,6 +471,7 @@ extern enum system_states {
 #define TAINT_OOT_MODULE		12
 #define TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE		13
 #define TAINT_SOFTLOCKUP		14
+#define TAINT_LIVEPATCH			15
 
 extern const char hex_asc[];
 #define hex_asc_lo(x)	hex_asc[((x) & 0x0f)]
diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 4d8d6f9..8136ad7 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ static const struct tnt tnts[] = {
 	{ TAINT_OOT_MODULE,		'O', ' ' },
 	{ TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE,	'E', ' ' },
 	{ TAINT_SOFTLOCKUP,		'L', ' ' },
+	{ TAINT_LIVEPATCH,		'K', ' ' },
 };
 
 /**
@@ -246,6 +247,7 @@ static const struct tnt tnts[] = {
  *  'O' - Out-of-tree module has been loaded.
  *  'E' - Unsigned module has been loaded.
  *  'L' - A soft lockup has previously occurred.
+ *  'K' - Kernel has been live patched.
  *
  *	The string is overwritten by the next call to print_tainted().
  */
-- 
1.9.3


  reply	other threads:[~2014-11-17  1:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-11-17  1:29 [PATCHv2 0/3] Kernel Live Patching Seth Jennings
2014-11-17  1:29 ` Seth Jennings [this message]
2014-11-17  1:29 ` [PATCHv2 2/3] kernel: add support for live patching Seth Jennings
2014-11-17 18:45   ` Greg KH
2014-11-17 19:13     ` Seth Jennings
2014-11-18 14:11   ` Miroslav Benes
2014-11-18 14:26     ` Seth Jennings
2014-11-18 14:45   ` Miroslav Benes
2014-11-19 20:34     ` Seth Jennings
2014-11-20 13:22       ` Miroslav Benes
2014-11-19 15:27   ` Miroslav Benes
2014-11-19 16:05     ` Seth Jennings
2014-11-20 13:10   ` Miroslav Benes
2014-11-20 17:35     ` Josh Poimboeuf
2014-11-20 19:56       ` Seth Jennings
2014-11-21 14:41         ` Miroslav Benes
2014-11-21 14:38       ` Miroslav Benes
2014-11-20 15:19   ` Josh Poimboeuf
2014-11-20 16:48     ` Seth Jennings
2014-11-17  1:29 ` [PATCHv2 3/3] kernel: add sysfs documentation " Seth Jennings
2014-11-17 18:50   ` Greg KH
2014-11-17  5:33 ` [PATCHv2 0/3] Kernel Live Patching Masami Hiramatsu
2014-11-17 13:16   ` Steven Rostedt
2014-11-17 14:54   ` Seth Jennings
2014-11-18 14:23     ` Jiri Slaby
2014-11-18 14:42       ` Seth Jennings

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