| From: |
| Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com> |
| To: |
| Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> |
| Subject: |
| [PATCH] Add new TAINT_KSPLICE flag for when a Ksplice update has
been loaded. |
| Date: |
| Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:57:21 -0400 (EDT) |
| Message-ID: |
| <alpine.DEB.1.10.0906191422460.29844@vinegar-pot.mit.edu> |
| Cc: |
| Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>,
Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Anders Kaseorg <andersk@ksplice.com>,
Jeffrey B Arnold <jbarnold@ksplice.com> |
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Distributions and kerneloops.org have requested that the Ksplice
rebootless update system taint the kernel the first time that a
Ksplice update is installed, in order to assist with bug triage.
Ksplice uses a new taint flag, TAINT_KSPLICE, displayed as 'K', for
this purpose.
We would like to confirm that this use of taint meets with the
community's approval and get this taint flag registered in mainline.
Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com>
---
include/linux/kernel.h | 1 +
kernel/panic.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index c5a71c3..be77585 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ extern enum system_states {
#define TAINT_OVERRIDDEN_ACPI_TABLE 8
#define TAINT_WARN 9
#define TAINT_CRAP 10
+#define TAINT_KSPLICE 11
extern void dump_stack(void) __cold;
diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 984b3ec..c2ea780 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ static const struct tnt tnts[] = {
{ TAINT_OVERRIDDEN_ACPI_TABLE, 'A', ' ' },
{ TAINT_WARN, 'W', ' ' },
{ TAINT_CRAP, 'C', ' ' },
+ { TAINT_KSPLICE, 'K', ' ' },
};
/**
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ static const struct tnt tnts[] = {
* 'A' - ACPI table overridden.
* 'W' - Taint on warning.
* 'C' - modules from drivers/staging are loaded.
+ * 'K' - A Ksplice update has been loaded.
*
* The string is overwritten by the next call to print_taint().
*/
--
1.6.3.1