Re: [PATCH] selftests: Add a taint selftest

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 09:19:58PM +0000, Andrew Delgadilo wrote:
> From: Andrew Delgadillo <adelg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> When testing a kernel, one of the earliest signals one can get is if a
> kernel has become tainted. For example, an organization might be
> interested in mass testing commits on their hardware. An obvious first
> step would be to make sure every commit boots, and a next step would be
> to make sure there are no warnings/crashes/lockups, hence the utility of
> a taint test.

What's wrong with the tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint script?

Why do we need another "get what the taint status is" program?

thanks,

greg k-h