On Thu, 15 Feb 2018 19:37:44 -0800 Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org> wrote:
> --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt > +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt > @@ -991,6 +991,7 @@ ORed together. The letters are seen in "Tainted" line of > Oops reports. > 16384 (L): A soft lockup has previously occurred on the system. > 32768 (K): The kernel has been live patched. > 65536 (X): Auxiliary taint, defined and used by for distros. > +131072 (T): The kernel was built with the struct randomization plugin. Uncle. From: Andrew Morton <a...@linux-foundation.org> Subject: Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt: show taint codes in hex The decimal representation is getting a bit hard to follow. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <a...@linux-foundation.org> --- Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 50 +++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) diff -puN Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt~a Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt~a +++ a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -967,31 +967,31 @@ tainted: Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted. Numeric values, which can be ORed together. The letters are seen in "Tainted" line of Oops reports. - 1 (P): A module with a non-GPL license has been loaded, this - includes modules with no license. - Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools. - 2 (F): A module was force loaded by insmod -f. - Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools. - 4 (S): Unsafe SMP processors: SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP. - 8 (R): A module was forcibly unloaded from the system by rmmod -f. - 16 (M): A hardware machine check error occurred on the system. - 32 (B): A bad page was discovered on the system. - 64 (U): The user has asked that the system be marked "tainted". This - could be because they are running software that directly modifies - the hardware, or for other reasons. - 128 (D): The system has died. - 256 (A): The ACPI DSDT has been overridden with one supplied by the user - instead of using the one provided by the hardware. - 512 (W): A kernel warning has occurred. - 1024 (C): A module from drivers/staging was loaded. - 2048 (I): The system is working around a severe firmware bug. - 4096 (O): An out-of-tree module has been loaded. - 8192 (E): An unsigned module has been loaded in a kernel supporting module - signature. - 16384 (L): A soft lockup has previously occurred on the system. - 32768 (K): The kernel has been live patched. - 65536 (X): Auxiliary taint, defined and used by for distros. -131072 (T): The kernel was built with the struct randomization plugin. +0x00000001 (P): A module with a non-GPL license has been loaded, this + includes modules with no license. + Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools. +0x00000002 (F): A module was force loaded by insmod -f. + Set by modutils >= 2.4.9 and module-init-tools. +0x00000004 (S): Unsafe SMP processors: SMP with CPUs not designed for SMP. +0x00000008 (R): A module was forcibly unloaded from the system by rmmod -f. +0x00000010 (M): A hardware machine check error occurred on the system. +0x00000020 (B): A bad page was discovered on the system. +0x00000040 (U): The user has asked that the system be marked "tainted". This + could be because they are running software that directly + modifies the hardware, or for other reasons. +0x00000080 (D): The system has died. +0x00000100 (A): The ACPI DSDT has been overridden with one supplied by the user + instead of using the one provided by the hardware. +0x00000200 (W): A kernel warning has occurred. +0x00000400 (C): A module from drivers/staging was loaded. +0x00000400 (I): The system is working around a severe firmware bug. +0x00000800 (O): An out-of-tree module has been loaded. +0x00020000 (E): An unsigned module has been loaded in a kernel supporting module + signature. +0x00040000 (L): A soft lockup has previously occurred on the system. +0x00080000 (K): The kernel has been live patched. +0x00100000 (X): Auxiliary taint, defined and used by for distros. +0x00200000 (T): The kernel was built with the struct randomization plugin. ============================================================== _
