On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 11:57 AM Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 8/23/22 22:41, David Gow wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 24, 2022 at 12:19 PM Joe Fradley <joefradley@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Commit c272612cb4a2 ("kunit: Taint the kernel when KUnit tests are run")
> >> added a new taint flag for when in-kernel tests run. This commit adds
> >> recognition of this new flag in kernel-chktaint.
> >>
>
> What happens without this change? It isn't clear what this change is
> fixing.
Without this change the correct reason will not be displayed if the kernel
is tainted because of a test.
>
> >> Reviewed-by: David Gow <davidgow@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: Joe Fradley <joefradley@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> Changes in v2:
> >> - based off of kselftest/kunit branch
> >> - Added David's Reviewed-by tag
> >>
> >
> > This still looks good to me.
> >
> > Unless anyone objects, I guess we'll take this through the KUnit
> > branch (which, after all, is where the taint was originally added).
> > I've added it to the list for 6.1, but it technically could be
> > considered a fix for 6.0 as well.
> >
>
> I can definitely take this for Linux 6.0 with additional information
> on the problems seen without this change.
Great, thank you very much.
>
> thanks,
> -- Shuah
>
