Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:27:19 +0200 | From | Björn Steinbrink <> | Subject | Re: what is the rationale for "TAINT_USER"? |
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On 2007.10.12 08:04:20 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i can see what the theoretical purpose for it is here: > > http://kerneltrap.org/node/6656 > > but it's not clear how it can possibly be set from userland given > that: > > $ grep -r TAINT_USER * > include/linux/kernel.h:#define TAINT_USER (1<<6) > kernel/panic.c: tainted & TAINT_USER ? 'U' : ' ', > $ > > am i missing something screamingly obvious?
Grepping for "tainted" leads me to:
echo 32 > /proc/sys/kernel/tainted
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