Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756014Ab0GFUdy (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Jul 2010 16:33:54 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:27582 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753031Ab0GFUdx (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Jul 2010 16:33:53 -0400 Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 16:33:09 -0400 From: Don Zickus To: Alan Cox Cc: Andrew Morton , Prarit Bhargava , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Randy Dunlap Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] Add TAINT_HARDWARE_UNSUPPORTED flag Message-ID: <20100706203309.GG5381@redhat.com> References: <20100617134654.22523.39845.sendpatchset@prarit.bos.redhat.com> <20100617091322.b7d21473.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <4C1A7D61.8010900@redhat.com> <20100621122145.76ebd7ac.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20100621194559.GI3217@redhat.com> <20100621130008.d3dc01a8.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20100622153457.GA5381@redhat.com> <20100622164835.4ddb9432@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20100622185812.GC5381@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100622185812.GC5381@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-08-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1239 Lines: 40 On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 02:58:12PM -0400, Don Zickus wrote: > This patch reserves taint bits for distributions to use as they seem fit > without the fear of them being stepped up in future kernels. > > V4: just reserve the bits Any acks or naks on this version of the patch? Cheers, Don > > Signed-off-by: Don Zickus > > --- > > Not sure if this is sufficient for reserving or if there is some other code > I have to add elsewhere too. > > diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h > index cc5e3ff..c7b9e2c 100644 > --- a/include/linux/kernel.h > +++ b/include/linux/kernel.h > @@ -347,6 +347,11 @@ extern enum system_states { > #define TAINT_WARN 9 > #define TAINT_CRAP 10 > #define TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND 11 > +/* Reserving bits for vendor specific uses */ > +#define TAINT_RESERVED28 28 > +#define TAINT_RESERVED29 29 > +#define TAINT_RESERVED30 30 > +#define TAINT_RESERVED31 31 > > extern void dump_stack(void) __cold; > -- 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/