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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Add new TAINT_KSPLICE flag for when a Ksplice update has been loaded.
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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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