Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:46:55 -0400 | From | Chuck Ebbert <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Add new TAINT_KSPLICE flag for when a Ksplice update has been loaded. |
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On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:57:21 -0400 (EDT) Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com> wrote:
> Distributions and kerneloops.org have requested that the Ksplice > rebootless update system taint the kernel the first time that a > Ksplice update is installed, in order to assist with bug triage. > > Ksplice uses a new taint flag, TAINT_KSPLICE, displayed as 'K', for > this purpose. > > We would like to confirm that this use of taint meets with the > community's approval and get this taint flag registered in mainline. >
How about a more generic taint flag that just says some user program has patched the running kernel?
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