Re: Taint kernel after WARN_ON(condition) v2

From: Paul Mundt
Date: Thu May 15 2008 - 00:08:56 EST


On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 03:55:20PM +0100, Haavard Skinnemoen wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:27:40 +0800
> Nur Hussein <nurhussein@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > This does not work on architectures where WARN_ON has its own definition.
> > These archs are:
> > 1. s390
> > 2. superh
> > 3. avr32
> > 4. parisc
>
> Hmm. Relying on the generic code in lib/bug.c qualifies as "own
> definition" these days? I think the patch below should take care of all
> four...unless I've misunderstood something.
>
> Signed-off-by: Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> diff --git a/lib/bug.c b/lib/bug.c
> index 530f38f..0d67419 100644
> --- a/lib/bug.c
> +++ b/lib/bug.c
> @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
>
> Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> 2006
> */
> +#include <linux/kernel.h>
> #include <linux/list.h>
> #include <linux/module.h>
> #include <linux/bug.h>
> @@ -149,6 +150,7 @@ enum bug_trap_type report_bug(unsigned long bugaddr, struct pt_regs *regs)
> (void *)bugaddr);
>
> show_regs(regs);
> + add_taint(TAINT_WARN);
> return BUG_TRAP_TYPE_WARN;
> }
>

I was just about to submit the exact same patch, so it looks like this
slipped through the cracks. Andrew, please apply.

Acked-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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