From: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
Correctable errors are considered something rather normal on modern
hardware these days. Even more importantly, correctable errors mean
exactly that - they've been corrected by the hardware - and there's no
need to taint the kernel since execution hasn't been compromised so far.
Also, drop tainting in the thermal throttling code for a similar reason:
crossing a thermal threshold does not mean corruption.
Cc: Nagananda Chumbalkar <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Tony Luck <[email protected]>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c | 1 -
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c | 3 ---
2 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
index 3385ea2..68e2303 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -590,7 +590,6 @@ void machine_check_poll(enum mcp_flags flags, mce_banks_t *b)
if (!(flags & MCP_DONTLOG) && !mce_dont_log_ce) {
mce_log(&m);
atomic_notifier_call_chain(&x86_mce_decoder_chain, 0, &m);
- add_taint(TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK);
}
/*
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
index 6f8c5e9..5846a79 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
@@ -187,8 +187,6 @@ static int therm_throt_process(bool new_event, int event, int level)
this_cpu,
level == CORE_LEVEL ? "Core" : "Package",
state->count);
-
- add_taint(TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK);
return 1;
}
if (old_event) {
@@ -393,7 +391,6 @@ static void unexpected_thermal_interrupt(void)
{
printk(KERN_ERR "CPU%d: Unexpected LVT thermal interrupt!\n",
smp_processor_id());
- add_taint(TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK);
}
static void (*smp_thermal_vector)(void) = unexpected_thermal_interrupt;
--
1.7.4.rc2
Commit-ID: 7b70bd3441437b7bc04fc9d321e17c8ed0e8f958
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/7b70bd3441437b7bc04fc9d321e17c8ed0e8f958
Author: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:00:21 +0200
Committer: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
CommitDate: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:14:13 +0200
x86, MCE: Do not taint when handling correctable errors
Correctable errors are considered something rather normal on
modern hardware these days. Even more importantly, correctable
errors mean exactly that - they've been corrected by the
hardware - and there's no need to taint the kernel since
execution hasn't been compromised so far.
Also, drop tainting in the thermal throttling code for a similar
reason: crossing a thermal threshold does not mean corruption.
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Tony Luck <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Nagananda Chumbalkar <[email protected]>
Cc: Prarit Bhargava <[email protected]>
Cc: Russ Anderson <[email protected]>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Cc: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c | 1 -
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c | 3 ---
2 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
index 3385ea2..68e2303 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -590,7 +590,6 @@ void machine_check_poll(enum mcp_flags flags, mce_banks_t *b)
if (!(flags & MCP_DONTLOG) && !mce_dont_log_ce) {
mce_log(&m);
atomic_notifier_call_chain(&x86_mce_decoder_chain, 0, &m);
- add_taint(TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK);
}
/*
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
index 6f8c5e9..5846a79 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
@@ -187,8 +187,6 @@ static int therm_throt_process(bool new_event, int event, int level)
this_cpu,
level == CORE_LEVEL ? "Core" : "Package",
state->count);
-
- add_taint(TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK);
return 1;
}
if (old_event) {
@@ -393,7 +391,6 @@ static void unexpected_thermal_interrupt(void)
{
printk(KERN_ERR "CPU%d: Unexpected LVT thermal interrupt!\n",
smp_processor_id());
- add_taint(TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK);
}
static void (*smp_thermal_vector)(void) = unexpected_thermal_interrupt;