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| author | Josh Hunt | 2014-08-08 14:22:31 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds | 2014-08-08 15:57:24 -0700 |
| commit | 69361eef9056b0babb507798c2135ad1572f0ef7 (patch) | |
| tree | 59a63cc2f670926a7b9394533bbc9d3e379fc258 /Documentation | |
| parent | 1da85fdff55da539fbe9c270689a7bcedead1cdd (diff) | |
panic: add TAINT_SOFTLOCKUP
This taint flag will be set if the system has ever entered a softlockup
state. Similar to TAINT_WARN it is useful to know whether or not the
system has been in a softlockup state when debugging.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: apply the taint before calling panic()]
Signed-off-by: Josh Hunt <johunt@akamai.com>
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/oops-tracing.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 1 |
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt index e3155995ddd8..beefb9f82902 100644 --- a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt +++ b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt @@ -268,6 +268,8 @@ characters, each representing a particular tainted value. 14: 'E' if an unsigned module has been loaded in a kernel supporting module signature. + 15: 'L' if a soft lockup has previously occurred on the system. + The primary reason for the 'Tainted: ' string is to tell kernel debuggers if this is a clean kernel or if anything unusual has occurred. Tainting is permanent: even if an offending module is diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index c14374e71775..f79eb9666379 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -826,6 +826,7 @@ can be ORed together: 4096 - An out-of-tree module has been loaded. 8192 - An unsigned module has been loaded in a kernel supporting module signature. +16384 - A soft lockup has previously occurred on the system. ============================================================== |