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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/panic.h | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/panic.c | 1 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint | 8 |
4 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst index 700aa72eecb1..a0cc017e4424 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst @@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Bit Log Number Reason that got the kernel tainted 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 + 19 _/J 524288 userspace used a mutating debug operation in fwctl === === ====== ======================================================== Note: The character ``_`` is representing a blank in this table to make reading @@ -184,3 +185,7 @@ More detailed explanation for tainting build time. 18) ``N`` if an in-kernel test, such as a KUnit test, has been run. + + 19) ``J`` if userpace opened /dev/fwctl/* and performed a FWTCL_RPC_DEBUG_WRITE + to use the devices debugging features. Device debugging features could + cause the device to malfunction in undefined ways. diff --git a/include/linux/panic.h b/include/linux/panic.h index 54d90b6c5f47..2494d51707ef 100644 --- a/include/linux/panic.h +++ b/include/linux/panic.h @@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ static inline void set_arch_panic_timeout(int timeout, int arch_default_timeout) #define TAINT_AUX 16 #define TAINT_RANDSTRUCT 17 #define TAINT_TEST 18 -#define TAINT_FLAGS_COUNT 19 +#define TAINT_FWCTL 19 +#define TAINT_FLAGS_COUNT 20 #define TAINT_FLAGS_MAX ((1UL << TAINT_FLAGS_COUNT) - 1) struct taint_flag { diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c index d8635d5cecb2..0c55eec9e874 100644 --- a/kernel/panic.c +++ b/kernel/panic.c @@ -511,6 +511,7 @@ const struct taint_flag taint_flags[TAINT_FLAGS_COUNT] = { TAINT_FLAG(AUX, 'X', ' ', true), TAINT_FLAG(RANDSTRUCT, 'T', ' ', true), TAINT_FLAG(TEST, 'N', ' ', true), + TAINT_FLAG(FWCTL, 'J', ' ', true), }; #undef TAINT_FLAG diff --git a/tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint b/tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint index 279be06332be..e7da0909d097 100755 --- a/tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint +++ b/tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint @@ -204,6 +204,14 @@ else echo " * an in-kernel test (such as a KUnit test) has been run (#18)" fi +T=`expr $T / 2` +if [ `expr $T % 2` -eq 0 ]; then + addout " " +else + addout "J" + echo " * fwctl's mutating debug interface was used (#19)" +fi + echo "For a more detailed explanation of the various taint flags see" echo " Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst in the Linux kernel sources" echo " or https://kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.html" |