Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756656AbYJQW6l (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:58:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752155AbYJQW6d (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:58:33 -0400 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:50027 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752001AbYJQW6c (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:58:32 -0400 Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:55:15 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Randy Dunlap Cc: Michael Kerrisk , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] Document kernel taint flags properly Message-ID: <20081017225515.GA14133@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2215 Lines: 50 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman This fills in the documentation for all of the current kernel taint flags, and fixes the number for TAINT_CRAP, which was incorrectly described. Cc: Michael Kerrisk Cc: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 24 +++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -363,11 +363,21 @@ tainted: Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted. Numeric values, which can be ORed together: - 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. - 64 - A module from drivers/staging was loaded. + 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 forcefully unloaded from the system by rmmod -f. + 16 - A hardware machine check error occured 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. -- 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/