The patch titled
Subject: Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt: show taint codes in hex
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
documentation-sysctl-kerneltxt-show-taint-codes-in-hex.patch
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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt: show taint codes in hex
The decimal representation is getting a bit hard to follow.
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 50 +++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
diff -puN Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt~documentation-sysctl-kerneltxt-show-taint-codes-in-hex Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt~documentation-sysctl-kerneltxt-show-taint-codes-in-hex
+++ a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -967,31 +967,31 @@ tainted:
Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted. Numeric values, which can be
ORed together. The letters are seen in "Tainted" line of Oops reports.
- 1 (P): A module with a non-GPL license has been loaded, this
- includes modules with no license.
- Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools.
- 2 (F): A module was force loaded by insmod -f.
- Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools.
- 4 (S): Unsafe SMP processors: SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP.
- 8 (R): A module was forcibly unloaded from the system by rmmod -f.
- 16 (M): A hardware machine check error occurred on the system.
- 32 (B): A bad page was discovered on the system.
- 64 (U): The user has asked that the system be marked "tainted". This
- could be because they are running software that directly modifies
- the hardware, or for other reasons.
- 128 (D): The system has died.
- 256 (A): The ACPI DSDT has been overridden with one supplied by the user
- instead of using the one provided by the hardware.
- 512 (W): A kernel warning has occurred.
- 1024 (C): A module from drivers/staging was loaded.
- 2048 (I): The system is working around a severe firmware bug.
- 4096 (O): An out-of-tree module has been loaded.
- 8192 (E): An unsigned module has been loaded in a kernel supporting module
- signature.
- 16384 (L): A soft lockup has previously occurred on the system.
- 32768 (K): The kernel has been live patched.
- 65536 (X): Auxiliary taint, defined and used by for distros.
-131072 (T): The kernel was built with the struct randomization plugin.
+0x00000001 (P): A module with a non-GPL license has been loaded, this
+ includes modules with no license.
+ Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools.
+0x00000002 (F): A module was force loaded by insmod -f.
+ Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools.
+0x00000004 (S): Unsafe SMP processors: SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP.
+0x00000008 (R): A module was forcibly unloaded from the system by rmmod -f.
+0x00000010 (M): A hardware machine check error occurred on the system.
+0x00000020 (B): A bad page was discovered on the system.
+0x00000040 (U): The user has asked that the system be marked "tainted". This
+ could be because they are running software that directly
+ modifies the hardware, or for other reasons.
+0x00000080 (D): The system has died.
+0x00000100 (A): The ACPI DSDT has been overridden with one supplied by the user
+ instead of using the one provided by the hardware.
+0x00000200 (W): A kernel warning has occurred.
+0x00000400 (C): A module from drivers/staging was loaded.
+0x00000400 (I): The system is working around a severe firmware bug.
+0x00000800 (O): An out-of-tree module has been loaded.
+0x00020000 (E): An unsigned module has been loaded in a kernel supporting module
+ signature.
+0x00040000 (L): A soft lockup has previously occurred on the system.
+0x00080000 (K): The kernel has been live patched.
+0x00100000 (X): Auxiliary taint, defined and used by for distros.
+0x00200000 (T): The kernel was built with the struct randomization plugin.
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mm-oom-cgroup-aware-oom-killer-fix.patch
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