Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Add new TAINT_KSPLICE flag for when a Ksplice update has been loaded. | From | Maxim Levitsky <> | Date | Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:59:53 +0300 |
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On Mon, 2009-06-22 at 13:46 -0400, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > 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? Like TAINT_ROOTKIT :-)
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