On 12/8/20 9:54 AM, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 16:32:43 +0100 > Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer <me@mathieu.digital> wrote: > >> Hello Jonathan, >> >> Here's a patch updating the meaning of TAINT_CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC after >> Borislav introduced changes in a7e1f67ed29f and upcoming patches in tip. >> >> TAINT_CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC now means a bit more what it implies as the >> flag isn't set just because of a CPU misconfiguration or mismatch. >> Historically it was for SMP kernel oops on an officially SMP incapable >> processor but now it also covers CPUs whose MSRs have been incorrectly >> poked at from userspace, drivers being used on non supported >> architectures, broken firmware, mismatched CPUs, ... >> >> Update documentation and script to reflect that. >> >> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer <me@mathieu.digital> > > Hearing no objection, I've applied this. Hm, I was glad to read this new info since my old testing laptop now tells me that it needs a microcode update. :( -- ~Randy
