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livepatch: kernel: add TAINT_LIVEPATCH

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This adds a new taint flag to indicate when the kernel or a kernel
module has been live patched.  This will provide a clean indication in
bug reports that live patching was used.

Additionally, if the crash occurs in a live patched function, the live
patch module will appear beside the patched function in the backtrace.

Signed-off-by: Seth Jennings <sjenning@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
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Seth Jennings 2014-12-16 11:58:18 -06:00 • committed by Jiri Kosina
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@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ static const struct tnt tnts[] = {
{ TAINT_OOT_MODULE, 'O', ' ' },
{ TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE, 'E', ' ' },
{ TAINT_SOFTLOCKUP, 'L', ' ' },
{ TAINT_LIVEPATCH, 'K', ' ' },
};
/**
@ -246,6 +247,7 @@ static const struct tnt tnts[] = {
* 'O' - Out-of-tree module has been loaded.
* 'E' - Unsigned module has been loaded.
* 'L' - A soft lockup has previously occurred.
* 'K' - Kernel has been live patched.
*
* The string is overwritten by the next call to print_tainted().
*/