X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Foops-tracing.txt;h=ea55ea8bc8ef0c32de234e612adf742d72214167;hb=c207908fcc451e31d7fbba31541bd04f93787eb4;hp=2503404ae5c26bce481d56daecb008588e86102e;hpb=0825788ff27c7145e9d558cb2a26f3837d1f9be5;p=linux-2.6 diff --git a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt index 2503404ae5..ea55ea8bc8 100644 --- a/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt +++ b/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt @@ -234,6 +234,12 @@ characters, each representing a particular tainted value. 6: 'B' if a page-release function has found a bad page reference or some unexpected page flags. + 7: 'U' if a user specifically requested that the Tainted flag be set, + ' ' otherwise. + + 7: 'U' if a user or user application specifically requested that the + Tainted flag be set, ' ' otherwise. + 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