Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754306Ab1C3DGS (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:06:18 -0400 Received: from mga11.intel.com ([192.55.52.93]:7494 "EHLO mga11.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754034Ab1C3DGR (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:06:17 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.63,266,1299484800"; d="scan'208";a="673081163" Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:06:06 -0700 From: Andi Kleen To: Max Asbock Cc: linux-kernel Subject: Re: Should corrected machine check errors still taint the kernel? Message-ID: <20110330030606.GA2427@alboin.amr.corp.intel.com> References: <1301443098.5867.34.camel@w-amax.beaverton.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1301443098.5867.34.camel@w-amax.beaverton.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 616 Lines: 20 On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 04:58:17PM -0700, Max Asbock wrote: > I noticed that corrected machine check errors taint the kernel. And it > looks like they have done that forever. > > Is that still the right thing to do? Likely not. > > The comment in add_taint() says: > "Can't trust the integrity of the kernel anymore." The comment is definitely wrong agreed. -Andi -- 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/