Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030220AbWEYPDR (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 May 2006 11:03:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965196AbWEYPDR (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 May 2006 11:03:17 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:63164 "EHLO mx2.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965194AbWEYPDR (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 May 2006 11:03:17 -0400 Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 08:01:01 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Theodore Tso , akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add user taint flag Message-ID: <20060525150101.GA1428@kroah.com> References: <20060523184506.GA29044@kroah.com> <20060524133916.GC16705@thunk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060524133916.GC16705@thunk.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1409 Lines: 32 On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 09:39:16AM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote: > On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 11:45:06AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > On Sun, May 21, 2006 at 07:04:32PM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > > > --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/panic.c 2006-04-28 21:16:55.000000000 -0400 > > > +++ linux-2.6/kernel/panic.c 2006-05-21 19:00:15.000000000 -0400 > > > @@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ > > > * 'R' - User forced a module unload. > > > * 'M' - Machine had a machine check experience. > > > * 'B' - System has hit bad_page. > > > + * 'U' - Userspace-defined naughtiness. > > > > Just a note, some other distros already use the 'U' flag in taint > > messages to show an "unsupported" module has been loaded. I know it's > > out-of-the-tree and will never go into mainline, just FYI if you happen > > to see some 'U' flags in the wild today... > > > > Oh, and I like this feature, makes sense to me to have this. > > Should we worry about collisions with what distributions are using? I wouldn't. It's their responsibility to handle things like this when merging to new kernel versions. They can just change the character, like they handle new sysrq values. thanks, greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/