From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: taint: consolidate documentation This consolidates the taint bit documentation into a single place with both numeric and letter values. Additionally adds the missing TAINT_AUX documentation. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1519084390-43867-3-git-send-email-keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 51 +++++++++++++++--------------- kernel/panic.c | 23 ++----------- 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-) diff -puN Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt~taint-consolidate-documentation Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt~taint-consolidate-documentation +++ a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -964,32 +964,33 @@ detect a hard lockup condition. tainted: -Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted. Numeric values, which -can be ORed together: +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 - 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 - A module was force loaded by insmod -f. - Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools. - 4 - Unsafe SMP processors: SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP. - 8 - A module was forcibly unloaded from the system by rmmod -f. - 16 - A hardware machine check error occurred on the system. - 32 - A bad page was discovered on the system. - 64 - 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 - The system has died. - 256 - The ACPI DSDT has been overridden with one supplied by the user - instead of using the one provided by the hardware. - 512 - A kernel warning has occurred. -1024 - A module from drivers/staging was loaded. -2048 - The system is working around a severe firmware bug. -4096 - An out-of-tree module has been loaded. -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. + 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. ============================================================== diff -puN kernel/panic.c~taint-consolidate-documentation kernel/panic.c --- a/kernel/panic.c~taint-consolidate-documentation +++ a/kernel/panic.c @@ -328,27 +328,12 @@ const struct taint_flag taint_flags[TAIN }; /** - * print_tainted - return a string to represent the kernel taint state. + * print_tainted - return a string to represent the kernel taint state. * - * 'P' - Proprietary module has been loaded. - * 'F' - Module has been forcibly loaded. - * 'S' - SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP. - * 'R' - User forced a module unload. - * 'M' - System experienced a machine check exception. - * 'B' - System has hit bad_page. - * 'U' - Userspace-defined naughtiness. - * 'D' - Kernel has oopsed before - * 'A' - ACPI table overridden. - * 'W' - Taint on warning. - * 'C' - modules from drivers/staging are loaded. - * 'I' - Working around severe firmware bug. - * '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. - * 'X' - Auxiliary taint, for distros' use. + * For individual taint flag meanings, see Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt * - * The string is overwritten by the next call to print_tainted(). + * The string is overwritten by the next call to print_tainted(), + * but is always NULL terminated. */ const char *print_tainted(void) { _ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
