From c5f4546593e9911800f0926c1090959b58bc5c93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Seth Jennings Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 11:58:18 -0600 Subject: livepatch: kernel: add TAINT_LIVEPATCH This adds a new taint flag to indicate when the kernel or a kernel module has been live patched. This will provide a clean indication in bug reports that live patching was used. Additionally, if the crash occurs in a live patched function, the live patch module will appear beside the patched function in the backtrace. Signed-off-by: Seth Jennings Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina --- Documentation/oops-tracing.txt | 2 ++ Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 1 + 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt index beefb9f82902..f3ac05cc23e4 100644 --- a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt +++ b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt @@ -270,6 +270,8 @@ characters, each representing a particular tainted value. 15: 'L' if a soft lockup has previously occurred on the system. + 16: 'K' if the kernel has been live patched. + 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 75511efefc64..83ab25660fc9 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -843,6 +843,7 @@ can be ORed together: 8192 - An unsigned module has been loaded in a kernel supporting module signature. 16384 - A soft lockup has previously occurred on the system. +32768 - The kernel has been live patched. ============================================================== -- cgit v1.2.1