Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Add detailed explanation for 'N' taint flag

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Mon Jul 29 2024 - 17:45:45 EST


Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Every taint flag has an entry in the "More detailed explanation" section
> except for the 'N' flag. That omission was probably just an oversight so
> add an entry for that flag.
>
> Fixes: 2852ca7fba9f ("panic: Taint kernel if tests are run")
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst
> index f92551539e8a..700aa72eecb1 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst
> @@ -182,3 +182,5 @@ More detailed explanation for tainting
> produce extremely unusual kernel structure layouts (even performance
> pathological ones), which is important to know when debugging. Set at
> build time.
> +
> + 18) ``N`` if an in-kernel test, such as a KUnit test, has been run.

Applied, thanks.

jon