[PATCH 3/4] panic: Add taint flag TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND ('I')

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Sat Mar 20 2010 - 19:07:05 EST


This taint flag will initially be used when warning about invalid ACPI
DMAR tables.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/kernel.h | 1 +
kernel/panic.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index eaf7221..ab8072b 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ extern enum system_states {
#define TAINT_OVERRIDDEN_ACPI_TABLE 8
#define TAINT_WARN 9
#define TAINT_CRAP 10
+#define TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND 11

extern void dump_stack(void) __cold;

diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 8b821bc..e9fa224 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ static const struct tnt tnts[] = {
{ TAINT_OVERRIDDEN_ACPI_TABLE, 'A', ' ' },
{ TAINT_WARN, 'W', ' ' },
{ TAINT_CRAP, 'C', ' ' },
+ { TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND, 'I', ' ' },
};

/**
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ static const struct tnt tnts[] = {
* 'A' - ACPI table overridden.
* 'W' - Taint on warning.
* 'C' - modules from drivers/staging are loaded.
+ * 'I' - Firmware workaround was required.
*
* The string is overwritten by the next call to print_tainted().
*/
--
1.7.0



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