Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755838AbYJTVgf (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:36:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753765AbYJTVgW (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:36:22 -0400 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:37435 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753906AbYJTVgV (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:36:21 -0400 Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:43:18 -0700 From: Greg KH To: mtk.manpages@gmail.com Cc: Randy Dunlap , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document kernel taint flags properly Message-ID: <20081020204318.GB21131@kroah.com> References: <20081017225515.GA14133@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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: 2231 Lines: 60 On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 03:51:11AM -0500, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > Greg, > > Small corrections below. > > On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Greg KH wrote: > > 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. > > s/forcefully/forcibly/ > > > + 16 - A hardware machine check error occured on the system. > > occurred Thanks, I've updated this in my version. Randy, I can send this through my tree, is that ok? Or do you want it to go through yours? 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/