Re: [PATCH v2 4/8] taint: Add TAINT_FWCTL

Jason Gunthorpe
2024-07-10T16:04:43Z

On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 12:03:35PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>
>
> On 6/24/24 3:47 PM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > Requesting a fwctl scope of access that includes mutating device debug
> > data will cause the kernel to be tainted. Changing the device operation
> > through things in the debug scope may cause the device to malfunction in
> > undefined ways. This should be reflected in the TAINT flags to help any
> > debuggers understand that something has been done.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
>
> Please also update tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint.

Got it, thanks

Jason