From 69361eef9056b0babb507798c2135ad1572f0ef7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Josh Hunt Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 14:22:31 -0700 Subject: 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 Cc: Jason Baron Cc: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/oops-tracing.txt | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/oops-tracing.txt') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b