Re: Should corrected machine check errors still taint the kernel?

[Andi Kleen]

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 04:58:17PM -0700, Max Asbock wrote:
> I noticed that corrected machine check errors taint the kernel. And it
> looks like they have done that forever.
> 
> Is that still the right thing to do?

Likely not.

> 
> The comment in add_taint() says:
> "Can't trust the integrity of the kernel anymore."

The comment is definitely wrong agreed. 

-Andi
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