Re: [PATCH 2/4] panic: Allow taint flag for warnings to be changed from TAINT_WARN

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Sun Mar 21 2010 - 15:10:54 EST


Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> WARN() is used in some places to report firmware or hardware bugs that
> are then worked-around. These bugs do not affect the stability of the
> kernel and should not set the usual TAINT_WARN flag. To allow for
> this, add WARN_TAINT() and WARN_TAINT_ONCE() macros that take a taint
> flag as argument.
>
> Architectures that implement warnings using trap instructions instead
> of calls to warn_slowpath_*() must now implement __WARN_TAINT(taint)
> instead of __WARN().

I guess this should enforce that at least some taint flag is set?
(e.g. with a BUILD_BUG_ON)

-Andi

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