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authorMathieu Chouquet-Stringer <me@mathieu.digital>2020-12-02 16:32:43 +0100
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2020-12-08 10:53:58 -0700
commit547f574fd9d5e3925d47fd44decbf6ab6df94b0e (patch)
treed133bf10db8dee8d34195e36f64b7fa734e87053 /Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
parent907d1f143b0ef6e46bd25b595e9b4f2d20ae869b (diff)
docs: Update documentation to reflect what TAINT_CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC means
Here's a patch updating the meaning of TAINT_CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC after Borislav introduced changes in a7e1f67ed29f and upcoming patches in tip. TAINT_CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC now means a bit more what it implies as the flag isn't set just because of a CPU misconfiguration or mismatch. Historically it was for SMP kernel oops on an officially SMP incapable processor but now it also covers CPUs whose MSRs have been incorrectly poked at from userspace, drivers being used on non supported architectures, broken firmware, mismatched CPUs, ... Update documentation and script to reflect that. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer <me@mathieu.digital> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201202153244.709752-1-me@mathieu.digital Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ ORed together. The letters are seen in "Tainted" line of Oops reports.
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1 `(P)` proprietary module was loaded
2 `(F)` module was force loaded
- 4 `(S)` SMP kernel oops on an officially SMP incapable processor
+ 4 `(S)` kernel running on an out of specification system
8 `(R)` module was force unloaded
16 `(M)` processor reported a Machine Check Exception (MCE)
32 `(B)` bad page referenced or some unexpected page flags