From: Randy Dunlap Update Documentation/oops-tracing.txt: - add descriptions of 3 more "Tainted" flags; - fix some typos; Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- Documentation/oops-tracing.txt | 25 +++++++++++++++++-------- 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff -puN Documentation/oops-tracing.txt~doc-update-oops-tracingtxt-tainted-flags Documentation/oops-tracing.txt --- devel/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt~doc-update-oops-tracingtxt-tainted-flags 2005-09-10 02:40:02.000000000 -0700 +++ devel-akpm/Documentation/oops-tracing.txt 2005-09-10 02:40:02.000000000 -0700 @@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ Phone: 701-234-7556 Tainted kernels: Some oops reports contain the string 'Tainted: ' after the program -counter, this indicates that the kernel has been tainted by some -mechanism. The string is followed by a series of position sensitive +counter. This indicates that the kernel has been tainted by some +mechanism. The string is followed by a series of position-sensitive characters, each representing a particular tainted value. 1: 'G' if all modules loaded have a GPL or compatible license, 'P' if @@ -214,16 +214,25 @@ characters, each representing a particul MODULE_LICENSE or with a MODULE_LICENSE that is not recognised by insmod as GPL compatible are assumed to be proprietary. - 2: 'F' if any module was force loaded by insmod -f, ' ' if all + 2: 'F' if any module was force loaded by "insmod -f", ' ' if all modules were loaded normally. 3: 'S' if the oops occurred on an SMP kernel running on hardware that - hasn't been certified as safe to run multiprocessor. - Currently this occurs only on various Athlons that are not - SMP capable. + hasn't been certified as safe to run multiprocessor. + Currently this occurs only on various Athlons that are not + SMP capable. + + 4: 'R' if a module was force unloaded by "rmmod -f", ' ' if all + modules were unloaded normally. + + 5: 'M' if any processor has reported a Machine Check Exception, + ' ' if no Machine Check Exceptions have occurred. + + 6: 'B' if a page-release function has found a bad page reference or + some unexpected page flags. 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 -unloading the tainted value remains to indicate that the kernel is not +occurred. Tainting is permanent: even if an offending module is +unloaded, the tainted value remains to indicate that the kernel is not trustworthy. _