Re: [PATCH v2 01/15] taint: add module firmware crash taint support

2020-05-21 Thread Luis Chamberlain
On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 06:42:31PM +0200, Jessica Yu wrote: > +++ Luis Chamberlain [15/05/20 21:28 +]: > > Device driver firmware can crash, and sometimes, this can leave your > > system in a state which makes the device or subsystem completely > > useless. Detecting this by inspecting

Re: [PATCH v2 01/15] taint: add module firmware crash taint support

2020-05-19 Thread Jessica Yu
+++ Luis Chamberlain [15/05/20 21:28 +]: Device driver firmware can crash, and sometimes, this can leave your system in a state which makes the device or subsystem completely useless. Detecting this by inspecting /proc/sys/kernel/tainted instead of scraping some magical words from the kernel

Re: [PATCH v2 01/15] taint: add module firmware crash taint support

2020-05-15 Thread Rafael Aquini
On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 09:28:32PM +, Luis Chamberlain wrote: > Device driver firmware can crash, and sometimes, this can leave your > system in a state which makes the device or subsystem completely > useless. Detecting this by inspecting /proc/sys/kernel/tainted instead > of scraping some

[PATCH v2 01/15] taint: add module firmware crash taint support

2020-05-15 Thread Luis Chamberlain
Device driver firmware can crash, and sometimes, this can leave your system in a state which makes the device or subsystem completely useless. Detecting this by inspecting /proc/sys/kernel/tainted instead of scraping some magical words from the kernel log, which is driver specific, is much easier.