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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst index ceeed7b0798d..92a8a07f5c43 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst @@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ Bit Log Number Reason that got the kernel tainted 15 _/K 32768 kernel has been live patched 16 _/X 65536 auxiliary taint, defined for and used by distros 17 _/T 131072 kernel was built with the struct randomization plugin + 18 _/N 262144 an in-kernel test has been run === === ====== ======================================================== Note: The character ``_`` is representing a blank in this table to make reading @@ -133,6 +134,12 @@ More detailed explanation for tainting scsi/snic on something else than x86_64, scsi/ips on non x86/x86_64/itanium, have broken firmware settings for the irqchip/irq-gic on arm64 ...). + - x86/x86_64: Microcode late loading is dangerous and will result in + tainting the kernel. It requires that all CPUs rendezvous to make sure + the update happens when the system is as quiescent as possible. However, + a higher priority MCE/SMI/NMI can move control flow away from that + rendezvous and interrupt the update, which can be detrimental to the + machine. 3) ``R`` if a module was force unloaded by ``rmmod -f``, ``' '`` if all modules were unloaded normally. |