The patch titled
panic: add taint flag TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND ('I')
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
panic-add-taint-flag-taint_firmware_workaround-i.patch
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Subject: panic: add taint flag TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND ('I')
From: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
This taint flag will initially be used when warning about invalid ACPI
DMAR tables.
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
Cc: David Daney <ddaney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/kernel.h | 1 +
kernel/panic.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff -puN include/linux/kernel.h~panic-add-taint-flag-taint_firmware_workaround-i include/linux/kernel.h
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h~panic-add-taint-flag-taint_firmware_workaround-i
+++ a/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ extern enum system_states {
#define TAINT_OVERRIDDEN_ACPI_TABLE 8
#define TAINT_WARN 9
#define TAINT_CRAP 10
+#define TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND 11
extern void dump_stack(void) __cold;
diff -puN kernel/panic.c~panic-add-taint-flag-taint_firmware_workaround-i kernel/panic.c
--- a/kernel/panic.c~panic-add-taint-flag-taint_firmware_workaround-i
+++ a/kernel/panic.c
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ static const struct tnt tnts[] = {
{ TAINT_OVERRIDDEN_ACPI_TABLE, 'A', ' ' },
{ TAINT_WARN, 'W', ' ' },
{ TAINT_CRAP, 'C', ' ' },
+ { TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, 'I', ' ' },
};
/**
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ static const struct tnt tnts[] = {
* 'A' - ACPI table overridden.
* 'W' - Taint on warning.
* 'C' - modules from drivers/staging are loaded.
+ * 'I' - Firmware workaround was required.
*
* The string is overwritten by the next call to print_tainted().
*/
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
mptscsih-fix-first-line-of-kernel-doc-for-a-few-functions.patch
panic-allow-taint-flag-for-warnings-to-be-changed-from-taint_warn.patch
panic-allow-taint-flag-for-warnings-to-be-changed-from-taint_warn-checkpatch-fixes.patch
panic-add-taint-flag-taint_firmware_workaround-i.patch
pci-dmar-combine-the-bios-dmar-table-warning-messages.patch
pci-dmar-tone-down-warnings-about-invalid-bios-dmar-tables.patch
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