Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756019AbYJTVi4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:38:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755916AbYJTViF (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:38:05 -0400 Received: from xenotime.net ([66.160.160.81]:55312 "HELO xenotime.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1755883AbYJTViE (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:38:04 -0400 Message-ID: <48FCFA30.9000707@xenotime.net> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:37:52 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080226) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg KH CC: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document kernel taint flags properly References: <20081017225515.GA14133@kroah.com> <20081020204318.GB21131@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20081020204318.GB21131@kroah.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2338 Lines: 67 Greg KH wrote: > 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? > You please go ahead with it. Thanks, ~Randy -- 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/